HI!! Ok so I haven't updated so quickly but I have school now!! NOOOO!!!
I'M IN YEAR 9!! AHHH!!!
AND I BET I'VE LOST ALL MY READERS!! Damn . . . ;_;
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KBA: That was great Dally . . . -_-U
Dally: *snicker*
KBA: Aren't you forgetting something?
Dally: What? *scowls*
KBA looks at him.
Dally: Oh right! AND KBA DOES NOT OWN ME!! YOU GOT THAT?? EH?? EH??? EH?? Bloody fuzz . . . stinking *beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep*
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It was at the training spot where Kai and Lan had usually trained.
"So this is where you guys went to every night!" Tyson exclaimed. "And there was me thinking you snuck off to do it -" Tyson's dirty mouth was clamped shut with Max's hand.
"Shut up Tyson." Kai and Lan both said in unison.
"So Lan's been learning how to blade. Well that's good, put some use into you instead if you just hanging around smooching Kai all the time." Tyson said putting his hands behind his head.
"I said shut up Tyson!" Lan started to get angry.
"C'mon team. Let's train." Kai said breaking the angry tension in the area.
Lan was still glaring at Tyson while the group got their blades ready.
"Wait," Kai said while everyone got their launchers in position. "I want Tyson to have a match with Lan."
"What's the point?" Tyson asked indignantly.
"Lan wants to join the Bladebreakers team." Kai answered
"What??" Tyson turned his head towards Lan who was glaring darkly, daring him to say something insulting so she has more of a reason to thrash him. "She can't go against me! I'll beat her so badly. There will be no point. I want a challenge! Not Lan!"
At this point Lan started baring her teeth at Tyson and a growling noise started to slowly erupt from her throat.
"If Lan wins, she gets to be on the team and she gets to play in matches. This would be like an audition to be in the team." Kai smirked evilly.
"Go on Tyson! You never know she might win!" Ray said brightly. "It'd be fun to have Lan on the team and to help us."
"Fine. But I'm not going easy on you Lan!" Tyson said grumpily getting Dragoon ready.
Lan walked towards the tree stump and got Dolphate out. She looked at Kai for a second and he gave her small, quick thumb up. Lan felt her heart race slow down slightly. Kai was there for comfort and she HAD to win this . . .
"3!! 2!!! 1!!!" Max yelled raising his arm in the air, "LET IT RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP!!!!!!" And at the same moment as he slung his arm down, Lan and Tyson released their blades into the dish at full power.
Lan's Dolphate flickered a bit as it landed and then completely vanished. Tyson blinked at what he had just seen, or had not seen. Dragoon was circling the dish and trying to find Dolphate. Suddenly Dragoon flew into the air as Dolphate attacked from behind.
"What!? No! Dragoon!! I can't even see her blasted blade!!!" Tyson started to lose it
"What's wrong Tyson? I thought you said you could beat me so badly, so why is my blade still in the dish?" Lan said tauntingly.
"But it's not in the dish!!" Tyson wailed
"Tyson! Her blade is in the dish! You just can't see it due to high speed! Or some sort of illusion . . ." Kenny called out to Tyson. Kenny had Dizzi open and was collecting some data on Lan's blade.
"It's super fast? Well it has to be there somewhere! Dragoon! Dragoon Hurricane attack!"
A small twister appeared around Dragoon and slowly got bigger and filled the dish. Tyson's plan worked and Dolphate was levitating out of the dish due to the twister and it could be seen.
"Go Dragoon!!" Tyson yelled happily. "Invisibility can't get you out of this Lan!! You're gonna need talent and not an invisible blade!!"
"Don't get too confident Tyson! The match has only just begun!" Lan yelled back but Lan had to think a bit, this was her first match against Tyson and she hadn't put that much thought about his hurricane attack, even though Kai had nagged her about it . . .
Then it hit her. She wasn't going to release Dolphate that soon, she was waiting to use her for the grand finale.
Lan concentrated all her energy into the middle of her, if you're strongly connected to your bit-beast, Dolphate feel, Dolphate do as Kai had said. When they time became right, Lan let all her energy burst out and so did Dolphate.
"I don't even know why you called it a Hurricane attack Tyson! Hurricanes are big gusts of wind! You attack is a tornado fool!" Lan yelled while letting her energy burst.
There was a bright flash as Dolphate lit up and as the light faded the gang could see the tornado die out.
"No . . ." Tyson whispered and before he knew what hit him, Dragoon went flying into the air again as Dolphate had landed and swiftly knocked Tyson's blade away.
Luckily for Tyson Dragoon landed, but with a wobble, back into the dish.
"OK, no more games Lan! Dragoon Attack!!!!" Tyson punched their air and Dragoon's spirit came gushing out of the top of his blade and roared majestically.
"OK. Monkey see, monkey do." Lan whispered. "Dolphate!"
Lan's blade glowed silver and then out came the image of a huge and graceful dolphin. Dolphate squealed and slapped its tail against Dragoon.
The whole group watched in utter amazement as the two beasts battled it out in the sky.
"Amazing . . ." Ray whispered.
"All Across the Nation!!"
Background music came roaring on, as the match just got hot. (A/N: Not literally, mind you =P).
"Kids are doing it all across the nation,
Time to battle now for world domination
They're cooler than your hip
You better get a grip
The battle has begun so let it rip. . ."
"C'mon Dolphate! Attack him!" Lan ordered.
"Stand your ground Dragoon!" Tyson yelled.
In the dish Dragoon banged itself onto Dolphate, they were attacking each other so viciously, little slivers of plastic were flying off all over the place. The two clashed against each other, sparks flying along with the plastic as the metal weight disks sawed at each other. Up above Dolphate scratched and bit Dragoon and Dragoon slashed at it with its wings.
"Enough! Dolphate! Aqua pump ataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Lan's eyes glowed with determination. Dolphate's spirit summoned up a great wave of injustice and curled itself over an unprepared Dragoon and Dolphate swam with its wave and batted Dragoon out of there like a baseball player with its spiked tail.
Dragoon flew out several meters past Tyson's face and landed smoking in the grass, wet and bits of plastic missing.
Dolphate stood spinning victoriously and departed from the dish loyally into Lan's outstretched hand. Lan stood grinning happily, a little stunned but happy none the less about her win.
Tyson still stood shocked about what had happened. His eyes blank and staring unseeing into the air.
"Um. I guess Lan joins the team. Well done Lan. That was a really cool match." Ray tried to be optimistic as usual but was still extremely bewildered, Tyson had been beaten by what they thought was even worse than an amateur, someone who had never had the spirit of Beyblading inside her. But unless this was a complete dream the all shared, Lan, the rookie had beaten Tyson, the Nation's champion without even breaking a sweat.
Kai stood by Lan proud at her performance. He decided there was no harm in walking over to her and wrapping his arms around her and whispering a 'well done' in her ear.
Lan gave Kai a weak smile back and looked back at Tyson. He had now come out of his deep stupor and was now staring at the dish and looked over in Max and Ray's direction. Max looked back at him blankly not knowing what to say. He then turned to Kenny who had his mouth and laptop open and forgotten.
"Key Kenny! You mind doing something with me as you have me open or are you just going to let me freeze!?" Dizzi piped up.
"Oh! Sorry Dizzi. Yeah, did you film that match?" Kenny snapped back out of his trance and started typing furiously at his keypad.
"Hey, hey! Not that fast! I already told you, my buttons will get broken if you type that fast! Handle me with care you!" Dizzi flickered at him.
Ray tapped Tyson on the shoulder and held Dragoon in front of him. Tyson took it slowly and looked at Dragoon. "It's warm . . ." Tyson whispered.
"Tough break man, but you have to admit, she's good!" Ray gave Tyson a small smile.
"Whatever." Tyson turned his back and looked at Lan who looked right back at him. Tyson walked towards Lan and Kai took his arms off Lan.
Tyson stopped in front of Lan with a serious expression on his face. Lan looked at him back with the same expression.
Tyson cracked his face into a big grin and stuck his hand out, "good match! Welcome to the team!"
Lan blinked at him. "Um. OK. Um, thanks Tyson." And Lan took his hand and shook it.
"Yeah! Glad to have you on the team Lan!" Ray said smiling happily, Lan looked at him and gave a small smile,
"Heh -" Lan started but Max ran over to Lan and flung his arms around her neck choking her.
"GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THE TEAM LAN! THIS IS GONNA BE SO MUCH FUN! WE CAN TRAIN TOGETHER!" Max then started to dance while still choking a spluttering Lan.
"Um, OK!? That's great Max, now . . . Please! You, gah! Choking me!" Lan spluttered out.
"Get off her you fool!" Kai glowered and rushed over to Max and tugged him off letting Lan breathe.
"Oh! Gee sorry Lan!" Max said rubbing his head grinning "didn't mean to!"
"Uh, that's OK Maxey." Lan said rubbing her neck.
"Well come on guys." Kai interrupted the strange silence between them. "Standing here won't help us against the Death Fangs. Just follow my instructions and the tournament is ours for the taking. Kenny, record our progress."
"Uh! Oh sure Kai."
Thus their training began.
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The Bladebreakers tired and irritated trudged back home after a long day of training. They had been training from 7 o'clock pm and had reached home at 10pm. The only person who wasn't bothered was Kai and was muttering to himself about wanting to train until 11.
"Kai, some of us DO need sleep you know! And food." Lan had yelled at him at the park and with the others backing her Kai had no choice but to give way and go home.
"Training tomorrow then! And even more intense than today!" He shot back at them making them all groan and make threatening gestures to him behind his back, (excluding Lan of course).
It was at the hotel and everyone was fighting to get into the bathroom again. Lan had won.
"HEY! LAN GET OUT OF THE BATHROOM! WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THERE?" Tyson yelled and banged at the bathroom door.
"GO AWAY TYSON! GIVE ME A FEW MORE MINUTES!!" Lan yelled back.
"A FEW MORE SECONDS AND WE'RE SENDING SOMEONE IN THERE TO GET YOU!!" Tyson yelled banging again.
"HEY! NO FAIR!"
After ten seconds had passed Lan emerged from the bathroom looking pissed.
"Finally!" Tyson exclaimed and then soon there was another battle-of-the- bathroom and there was Ray bathroom chuckling to himself as the victor.
"FINE! I'll just stay in my clothes and smell!" Tyson yelled again
"Well really know Tyson, taking a shower won't help you stop doing that already," Lan shot at him coldly.
"Hey shut up . . ."
"MAKE ME . . . !"
"SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU!" Came a hoarse voice from behind them and there was Kai sitting on his bed looking angry.
Both fell quiet.
There was silence for quite a while until Ray had come back out from the bathroom.
Thus another battle had begun . . .
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It was the morning and the Bladebreakers with their new member to the team were watching the Blade Sharks battle to debate whether they'll get into the finals. The Bladebreakers match against the Death Fangs would determine who would get into the finals and that match was for the next day.
It was a rough match but The Blade Sharks had come out, the winner. So, if the Bladebreakers or the Death Fangs had won their match against each other, that surviving team would go against the Blade Sharks.
"We gotta win," Kai had whispered to himself when the last blade had spun out of the Beystadium noting the Blade Sharks the winners.
Lan looked at him worryingly and rested her hand on his to comfort him. He looked at her and felt a warm tingle inside of him but he just stood up and ordered the rest of his team to leave the auditorium.
When they were in the lobby to snatch a quick bite to eat someone tapped Kai on the shoulder. Kai ignored the person and continued eating his sandwich. The person coughed loudly behind him and tapped him harder and without even looking to see who was disturbing Kai's precious time he just muttered, "go away."
Lan raised an eyebrow at the intruder and glanced at Kai who had his eyes closed and was still chewing mechanically. "Jeez Kai just turn around!!" Cried the person behind him.
"Get lost Carlos!" Kai said firmly.
Seeing his plan of getting Kai riled up wasn't going to work, Carlos sensing defeat just fumed in his shoes and yelled.
"Fine KAI! But I just gotta warn ya! You better enjoy that sandwich cos that's the last bit o' pleasure you'll ever get once we'll deal with you!" Carlos yelled at him before standing there steam coming out of his ears waiting for Kai's reply.
"Sure you can count on that Carlos?" Kai said coolly before taking another bite out of his sandwich.
Getting red in the face Carlos just stomped off with his team scurrying behind him.
When they left the Bladebreakers just stared at Kai still chewing. Lan just grinned and continued eating her salad.
The Bladebreakers trudged off to their training forest for even more hard teeth-gritting, sweat-dropping, anger-raising and Kai-yelling training.
After five hours, everyone excluding Kai collapsed on the ground in the middle of their training, even Kenny's hands were getting tired of typing so much and Dizzy's memory was getting stuffed with all their recording.
"GET UP YOU LAZY BRAT-PACK!" Kai glowered at them all with his hands on his hips.
Everyone on the ground just moaned and stirred.
Kai's eyes narrowed and he gritted his teeth.
"Get. UP! Do you want to beat them Death Fangs or not?"
"Can't you at least give us a break please Kai?" Lan moaned at him from the ground.
"Yeah Kai, let us have a break and Lan will give you a nice big kiss if you do!" Tyson smirked.
"Listen! If I let you rest you'll just become lazy all over again and all the training you just did would be wasted! You get up now or you'll get cramps!" Kai tried to reason with them.
"Who cares?" Lan waved away this comment with her hand while lying on her back wanting to doze off.
Kai was staring at his worn out team saw that everyone was starting to doze off, even Kenny and Dizzi was on stand-by. Tyson had even begun to snore loudly. Kai's temple started throbbing out of his head.
"ALL YOU LAZY BUMS WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!" He finally screaming jolting everyone and making birds fly away from their nests.
There was a big silence as everyone got startled awake. Crickets could be heard chirping but then seems to sense Kai's anger and then stopped.
Everyone looked at each other in astonishment wide-eyed at Kai's sudden out burst.
"H-hey Kai," Max started, Kai's eyes reverted towards Max and Max gulped but continued. "Um, I think this stress is getting to you pal, I think, I think you should take a break too. Whadda you say?" Max asked timidly and looked up at Kai, but Kai's expression stayed motionless and Max faltered and just stared at the grass.
Kai sighed heavily. Everyone held their breath and shrank back in case he blew hot air out again. "I'll take a break. Half an hour!" And he sat himself next to Lan. Everyone let their breath out in relief and looked at Kai for a while before talking casually to each other.
Lan, however, continued to look at Kai.
"What," he said not looking at her.
"Oh nothing," she replied and just smiled at him. She sighed and stretched her aching body and laid her head on Kai's lap and looked at his immobile face.
"Max is right you know." She said softly. "You do need a break. C'mon Kai lighten up. I know we need to win this but you need to calm down or you'll go crazy with stress. We all care for you bud, we don't want you going mental you know?" And she laughed softly and winked at him.
Kai looked down at his companion. "I know," he said finally in a very quiet voice and he started to absent-mindedly stroke Lan's forehead and stroke away her hair while Lan snuggled into his lap getting more comfortable.
When half an hour was up everyone moaned about having to work hard again and moaned even more that they'd stop for their dinner at 8 o' clock when the time was still on half five.
Kai then made everyone battle each other, not aiming to win but to find new methods of gaming in the dish.
Tyson went up against Kai in the tree stump stadium, and Lan and Ray and Max battling in the short grass together.
"Hey, you've become really good Lan!" Max exclaimed reassuring her.
"Thanks Max!" And Lan gave him a smile.
Their training continued until 8pm came and when it did, everyone ran out of the forest in stampede-mode but Kai didn't move and still wanted to train until Lan dragged him out of the forest and followed the rest home.
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The Bladebreakers were at the hotels Restaurant and everyone was eating frenziedly and non-stop. The other guests in the room were staring at them all in disgust and horror and the some (the children) in amusement.
"Pwoarh! I LOVE buffets!" Tyson exclaimed running up to the buffet table again for more food.
"So hungry . . . Hungry . . . Food . . ." Max was muttering to himself while stuffing his face with noodle, rice, chicken wings, satay and all the other foods that were on the Buffet table.
Kenny was eating decently along with Kai but Lan was also eating pretty recklessly as well but not as messy but was defiantly eating faster than everyone else. Over at the buffet table, Ray and Tyson were fighting each other with forks trying to get the last slice of bacon in the metal tub until the chefs were staring at them concerned and quickly got one of the workers to replace the tub with a new fresh batch of bacon so Ray and Tyson squealed in delight and made the tub empty all over again.
"Careful Lan, you might choke if you keep this eating up." Kai said to her wide-eyed.
Lan spluttered something out incomprehensible to Kai. Kai blinked.
"What??"
Lan gulped down her food with difficulty, "I said you don't need to worry about me, I know what I'm doing!"
But surely enough Lan started to choke slightly and Kai had to come to the rescue as always but lectured her about slowing down while Lan ate even more ignoring him.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" Everyone sighed with full relief and fat stomachs but happy none the less about having full stomachs.
"Ug! I can't move!!" Tyson said happily unbuttoning his pants and unrestricted his stomach.
"Tyson, puh-LEASE! You're not at home you're in a public place, lets just pay our bill and go upstairs and relax!" Lan said.
"Actually we better walk off our food, its not good to rest on a full stomach." Kai said making everyone moan about having to do more exercise.
"I know Kai but I don't want to walk!!" Lan moaned.
"C'mon gang; let's just walk around the hotel."
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After their walk and everyone was resting in their beds after a good wash and they were all just happily relaxing and chatting. Kai came over to Lan's bed and lay next to her with his hands pillowing his head.
"'Sup?" Lan asked, obviously happy that she was full and relaxed.
"Nothin'" Kai replied, but Lan could tell something was wrong with Kai's voice and his face.
"C'mon Kai, tell me." Lan turned around on her stomach and rested her chin onto her hands and looked at Kai's face and smiled.
"I have a lot of things on my mind Lan, and I can't say them all at once."
"Well tell me the one that's bothering you the most."
"It's hard, I have a lot that's bothering me the most. I can't decide which is the hardest to tell."
Lan just looked at him with soft eyes, Kai glanced at her back and his cold heart warmed.
"Well, now don't get mad Lan, but." He hesitated trying to figure out if he was talking to loud but everyone else behind him were talking way too loud for them to bother what he was on about. "Well, just tell me, truthfully. How much information did you tell Jackson?"
"Jackson? What?? I don't understand . . ." Lan was startled by Kai's question.
"You've spoken to him I know Lan. Now what did you guys talk about?"
"W- Why do you want to know? We talked about nothing." Lan looked at him questioningly.
"Don't lie Lan, I know you've been talking, I started to get the picture, it's not hard you know. Why you coming back to the auditorium late, Jackson acting friendly to you. I'm suspicious of him Lan. I don't trust that character or his team. Don't think he's different, he's just like them. You saw them battle. They're merciless and you shouldn't mix with them, now tell me how much have you told him about us?"
Lan blinked at him in astonishment. It's like Kai read her past events like a book. She didn't know what to say, so instead she said the thing she wished never came out of her mouth.
"You call him merciless? I shouldn't mix with them? Well what about you Kai? You just described yourself just there yet I hang around you don't I?"
Kai started at her frowning. He didn't want that remark to hurt him but it did, it hit him hard but he couldn't show it. "Just tell me Lan. Before you say something else stupid."
"But it's true Kai! You are merciless at times!" Her voice started to rise.
"Please Lan," Kai whispered so softly Lan had to strain to hear what he was saying, "please don't argue, I'm sick of it just tell me what I want to know."
Lan looked at him for a long time before answering, "All I said was that you were training me but the others didn't know about that. I didn't say anything dreadful Kai."
"Fine Lan, just forget about this, and forget about him."
"But why?"
"Because he's not trustworthy! Just stay away from him Lan!"
"You can't tell me who I can be friends with or can't! You don't have the right!"
"How do you know he wants to be your friend? He's the opposition Lan and I'm sure he'll even betray your 'friendship' to win."
"Just don't speak to me Kai. I'm tired." Lan looked away. She didn't know herself why she wanted to defend Jackson, but she just did.
Kai looked at her frowning and with an annoyed grunt he left her bed and went over to his own. Lan felt a little cold without him next to her but she climbed under her blankets and tried to fall asleep but regretted her sharp tongue and dug herself even deeper into her blankets and curled up into a little ball.
Kai looked over towards Lan's huddled up position and his eyes softened with sadness he couldn't put his finger on.
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Garh. I'm so sorry I didn't update so quickly. Bah, no one is reading my story . . . I should give up. Everyone has gotten fed up with me . . . =( And this is too long. Meh.
AND I BET I'VE LOST ALL MY READERS!! Damn . . . ;_;
Dally Disclaimer: We own frikkin' nothing!! How many times do I have to tell y'all suspicious fuzz!!!
KBA: That was great Dally . . . -_-U
Dally: *snicker*
KBA: Aren't you forgetting something?
Dally: What? *scowls*
KBA looks at him.
Dally: Oh right! AND KBA DOES NOT OWN ME!! YOU GOT THAT?? EH?? EH??? EH?? Bloody fuzz . . . stinking *beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep*
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It was at the training spot where Kai and Lan had usually trained.
"So this is where you guys went to every night!" Tyson exclaimed. "And there was me thinking you snuck off to do it -" Tyson's dirty mouth was clamped shut with Max's hand.
"Shut up Tyson." Kai and Lan both said in unison.
"So Lan's been learning how to blade. Well that's good, put some use into you instead if you just hanging around smooching Kai all the time." Tyson said putting his hands behind his head.
"I said shut up Tyson!" Lan started to get angry.
"C'mon team. Let's train." Kai said breaking the angry tension in the area.
Lan was still glaring at Tyson while the group got their blades ready.
"Wait," Kai said while everyone got their launchers in position. "I want Tyson to have a match with Lan."
"What's the point?" Tyson asked indignantly.
"Lan wants to join the Bladebreakers team." Kai answered
"What??" Tyson turned his head towards Lan who was glaring darkly, daring him to say something insulting so she has more of a reason to thrash him. "She can't go against me! I'll beat her so badly. There will be no point. I want a challenge! Not Lan!"
At this point Lan started baring her teeth at Tyson and a growling noise started to slowly erupt from her throat.
"If Lan wins, she gets to be on the team and she gets to play in matches. This would be like an audition to be in the team." Kai smirked evilly.
"Go on Tyson! You never know she might win!" Ray said brightly. "It'd be fun to have Lan on the team and to help us."
"Fine. But I'm not going easy on you Lan!" Tyson said grumpily getting Dragoon ready.
Lan walked towards the tree stump and got Dolphate out. She looked at Kai for a second and he gave her small, quick thumb up. Lan felt her heart race slow down slightly. Kai was there for comfort and she HAD to win this . . .
"3!! 2!!! 1!!!" Max yelled raising his arm in the air, "LET IT RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP!!!!!!" And at the same moment as he slung his arm down, Lan and Tyson released their blades into the dish at full power.
Lan's Dolphate flickered a bit as it landed and then completely vanished. Tyson blinked at what he had just seen, or had not seen. Dragoon was circling the dish and trying to find Dolphate. Suddenly Dragoon flew into the air as Dolphate attacked from behind.
"What!? No! Dragoon!! I can't even see her blasted blade!!!" Tyson started to lose it
"What's wrong Tyson? I thought you said you could beat me so badly, so why is my blade still in the dish?" Lan said tauntingly.
"But it's not in the dish!!" Tyson wailed
"Tyson! Her blade is in the dish! You just can't see it due to high speed! Or some sort of illusion . . ." Kenny called out to Tyson. Kenny had Dizzi open and was collecting some data on Lan's blade.
"It's super fast? Well it has to be there somewhere! Dragoon! Dragoon Hurricane attack!"
A small twister appeared around Dragoon and slowly got bigger and filled the dish. Tyson's plan worked and Dolphate was levitating out of the dish due to the twister and it could be seen.
"Go Dragoon!!" Tyson yelled happily. "Invisibility can't get you out of this Lan!! You're gonna need talent and not an invisible blade!!"
"Don't get too confident Tyson! The match has only just begun!" Lan yelled back but Lan had to think a bit, this was her first match against Tyson and she hadn't put that much thought about his hurricane attack, even though Kai had nagged her about it . . .
Then it hit her. She wasn't going to release Dolphate that soon, she was waiting to use her for the grand finale.
Lan concentrated all her energy into the middle of her, if you're strongly connected to your bit-beast, Dolphate feel, Dolphate do as Kai had said. When they time became right, Lan let all her energy burst out and so did Dolphate.
"I don't even know why you called it a Hurricane attack Tyson! Hurricanes are big gusts of wind! You attack is a tornado fool!" Lan yelled while letting her energy burst.
There was a bright flash as Dolphate lit up and as the light faded the gang could see the tornado die out.
"No . . ." Tyson whispered and before he knew what hit him, Dragoon went flying into the air again as Dolphate had landed and swiftly knocked Tyson's blade away.
Luckily for Tyson Dragoon landed, but with a wobble, back into the dish.
"OK, no more games Lan! Dragoon Attack!!!!" Tyson punched their air and Dragoon's spirit came gushing out of the top of his blade and roared majestically.
"OK. Monkey see, monkey do." Lan whispered. "Dolphate!"
Lan's blade glowed silver and then out came the image of a huge and graceful dolphin. Dolphate squealed and slapped its tail against Dragoon.
The whole group watched in utter amazement as the two beasts battled it out in the sky.
"Amazing . . ." Ray whispered.
"All Across the Nation!!"
Background music came roaring on, as the match just got hot. (A/N: Not literally, mind you =P).
"Kids are doing it all across the nation,
Time to battle now for world domination
They're cooler than your hip
You better get a grip
The battle has begun so let it rip. . ."
"C'mon Dolphate! Attack him!" Lan ordered.
"Stand your ground Dragoon!" Tyson yelled.
In the dish Dragoon banged itself onto Dolphate, they were attacking each other so viciously, little slivers of plastic were flying off all over the place. The two clashed against each other, sparks flying along with the plastic as the metal weight disks sawed at each other. Up above Dolphate scratched and bit Dragoon and Dragoon slashed at it with its wings.
"Enough! Dolphate! Aqua pump ataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Lan's eyes glowed with determination. Dolphate's spirit summoned up a great wave of injustice and curled itself over an unprepared Dragoon and Dolphate swam with its wave and batted Dragoon out of there like a baseball player with its spiked tail.
Dragoon flew out several meters past Tyson's face and landed smoking in the grass, wet and bits of plastic missing.
Dolphate stood spinning victoriously and departed from the dish loyally into Lan's outstretched hand. Lan stood grinning happily, a little stunned but happy none the less about her win.
Tyson still stood shocked about what had happened. His eyes blank and staring unseeing into the air.
"Um. I guess Lan joins the team. Well done Lan. That was a really cool match." Ray tried to be optimistic as usual but was still extremely bewildered, Tyson had been beaten by what they thought was even worse than an amateur, someone who had never had the spirit of Beyblading inside her. But unless this was a complete dream the all shared, Lan, the rookie had beaten Tyson, the Nation's champion without even breaking a sweat.
Kai stood by Lan proud at her performance. He decided there was no harm in walking over to her and wrapping his arms around her and whispering a 'well done' in her ear.
Lan gave Kai a weak smile back and looked back at Tyson. He had now come out of his deep stupor and was now staring at the dish and looked over in Max and Ray's direction. Max looked back at him blankly not knowing what to say. He then turned to Kenny who had his mouth and laptop open and forgotten.
"Key Kenny! You mind doing something with me as you have me open or are you just going to let me freeze!?" Dizzi piped up.
"Oh! Sorry Dizzi. Yeah, did you film that match?" Kenny snapped back out of his trance and started typing furiously at his keypad.
"Hey, hey! Not that fast! I already told you, my buttons will get broken if you type that fast! Handle me with care you!" Dizzi flickered at him.
Ray tapped Tyson on the shoulder and held Dragoon in front of him. Tyson took it slowly and looked at Dragoon. "It's warm . . ." Tyson whispered.
"Tough break man, but you have to admit, she's good!" Ray gave Tyson a small smile.
"Whatever." Tyson turned his back and looked at Lan who looked right back at him. Tyson walked towards Lan and Kai took his arms off Lan.
Tyson stopped in front of Lan with a serious expression on his face. Lan looked at him back with the same expression.
Tyson cracked his face into a big grin and stuck his hand out, "good match! Welcome to the team!"
Lan blinked at him. "Um. OK. Um, thanks Tyson." And Lan took his hand and shook it.
"Yeah! Glad to have you on the team Lan!" Ray said smiling happily, Lan looked at him and gave a small smile,
"Heh -" Lan started but Max ran over to Lan and flung his arms around her neck choking her.
"GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THE TEAM LAN! THIS IS GONNA BE SO MUCH FUN! WE CAN TRAIN TOGETHER!" Max then started to dance while still choking a spluttering Lan.
"Um, OK!? That's great Max, now . . . Please! You, gah! Choking me!" Lan spluttered out.
"Get off her you fool!" Kai glowered and rushed over to Max and tugged him off letting Lan breathe.
"Oh! Gee sorry Lan!" Max said rubbing his head grinning "didn't mean to!"
"Uh, that's OK Maxey." Lan said rubbing her neck.
"Well come on guys." Kai interrupted the strange silence between them. "Standing here won't help us against the Death Fangs. Just follow my instructions and the tournament is ours for the taking. Kenny, record our progress."
"Uh! Oh sure Kai."
Thus their training began.
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The Bladebreakers tired and irritated trudged back home after a long day of training. They had been training from 7 o'clock pm and had reached home at 10pm. The only person who wasn't bothered was Kai and was muttering to himself about wanting to train until 11.
"Kai, some of us DO need sleep you know! And food." Lan had yelled at him at the park and with the others backing her Kai had no choice but to give way and go home.
"Training tomorrow then! And even more intense than today!" He shot back at them making them all groan and make threatening gestures to him behind his back, (excluding Lan of course).
It was at the hotel and everyone was fighting to get into the bathroom again. Lan had won.
"HEY! LAN GET OUT OF THE BATHROOM! WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THERE?" Tyson yelled and banged at the bathroom door.
"GO AWAY TYSON! GIVE ME A FEW MORE MINUTES!!" Lan yelled back.
"A FEW MORE SECONDS AND WE'RE SENDING SOMEONE IN THERE TO GET YOU!!" Tyson yelled banging again.
"HEY! NO FAIR!"
After ten seconds had passed Lan emerged from the bathroom looking pissed.
"Finally!" Tyson exclaimed and then soon there was another battle-of-the- bathroom and there was Ray bathroom chuckling to himself as the victor.
"FINE! I'll just stay in my clothes and smell!" Tyson yelled again
"Well really know Tyson, taking a shower won't help you stop doing that already," Lan shot at him coldly.
"Hey shut up . . ."
"MAKE ME . . . !"
"SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU!" Came a hoarse voice from behind them and there was Kai sitting on his bed looking angry.
Both fell quiet.
There was silence for quite a while until Ray had come back out from the bathroom.
Thus another battle had begun . . .
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It was the morning and the Bladebreakers with their new member to the team were watching the Blade Sharks battle to debate whether they'll get into the finals. The Bladebreakers match against the Death Fangs would determine who would get into the finals and that match was for the next day.
It was a rough match but The Blade Sharks had come out, the winner. So, if the Bladebreakers or the Death Fangs had won their match against each other, that surviving team would go against the Blade Sharks.
"We gotta win," Kai had whispered to himself when the last blade had spun out of the Beystadium noting the Blade Sharks the winners.
Lan looked at him worryingly and rested her hand on his to comfort him. He looked at her and felt a warm tingle inside of him but he just stood up and ordered the rest of his team to leave the auditorium.
When they were in the lobby to snatch a quick bite to eat someone tapped Kai on the shoulder. Kai ignored the person and continued eating his sandwich. The person coughed loudly behind him and tapped him harder and without even looking to see who was disturbing Kai's precious time he just muttered, "go away."
Lan raised an eyebrow at the intruder and glanced at Kai who had his eyes closed and was still chewing mechanically. "Jeez Kai just turn around!!" Cried the person behind him.
"Get lost Carlos!" Kai said firmly.
Seeing his plan of getting Kai riled up wasn't going to work, Carlos sensing defeat just fumed in his shoes and yelled.
"Fine KAI! But I just gotta warn ya! You better enjoy that sandwich cos that's the last bit o' pleasure you'll ever get once we'll deal with you!" Carlos yelled at him before standing there steam coming out of his ears waiting for Kai's reply.
"Sure you can count on that Carlos?" Kai said coolly before taking another bite out of his sandwich.
Getting red in the face Carlos just stomped off with his team scurrying behind him.
When they left the Bladebreakers just stared at Kai still chewing. Lan just grinned and continued eating her salad.
The Bladebreakers trudged off to their training forest for even more hard teeth-gritting, sweat-dropping, anger-raising and Kai-yelling training.
After five hours, everyone excluding Kai collapsed on the ground in the middle of their training, even Kenny's hands were getting tired of typing so much and Dizzy's memory was getting stuffed with all their recording.
"GET UP YOU LAZY BRAT-PACK!" Kai glowered at them all with his hands on his hips.
Everyone on the ground just moaned and stirred.
Kai's eyes narrowed and he gritted his teeth.
"Get. UP! Do you want to beat them Death Fangs or not?"
"Can't you at least give us a break please Kai?" Lan moaned at him from the ground.
"Yeah Kai, let us have a break and Lan will give you a nice big kiss if you do!" Tyson smirked.
"Listen! If I let you rest you'll just become lazy all over again and all the training you just did would be wasted! You get up now or you'll get cramps!" Kai tried to reason with them.
"Who cares?" Lan waved away this comment with her hand while lying on her back wanting to doze off.
Kai was staring at his worn out team saw that everyone was starting to doze off, even Kenny and Dizzi was on stand-by. Tyson had even begun to snore loudly. Kai's temple started throbbing out of his head.
"ALL YOU LAZY BUMS WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!" He finally screaming jolting everyone and making birds fly away from their nests.
There was a big silence as everyone got startled awake. Crickets could be heard chirping but then seems to sense Kai's anger and then stopped.
Everyone looked at each other in astonishment wide-eyed at Kai's sudden out burst.
"H-hey Kai," Max started, Kai's eyes reverted towards Max and Max gulped but continued. "Um, I think this stress is getting to you pal, I think, I think you should take a break too. Whadda you say?" Max asked timidly and looked up at Kai, but Kai's expression stayed motionless and Max faltered and just stared at the grass.
Kai sighed heavily. Everyone held their breath and shrank back in case he blew hot air out again. "I'll take a break. Half an hour!" And he sat himself next to Lan. Everyone let their breath out in relief and looked at Kai for a while before talking casually to each other.
Lan, however, continued to look at Kai.
"What," he said not looking at her.
"Oh nothing," she replied and just smiled at him. She sighed and stretched her aching body and laid her head on Kai's lap and looked at his immobile face.
"Max is right you know." She said softly. "You do need a break. C'mon Kai lighten up. I know we need to win this but you need to calm down or you'll go crazy with stress. We all care for you bud, we don't want you going mental you know?" And she laughed softly and winked at him.
Kai looked down at his companion. "I know," he said finally in a very quiet voice and he started to absent-mindedly stroke Lan's forehead and stroke away her hair while Lan snuggled into his lap getting more comfortable.
When half an hour was up everyone moaned about having to work hard again and moaned even more that they'd stop for their dinner at 8 o' clock when the time was still on half five.
Kai then made everyone battle each other, not aiming to win but to find new methods of gaming in the dish.
Tyson went up against Kai in the tree stump stadium, and Lan and Ray and Max battling in the short grass together.
"Hey, you've become really good Lan!" Max exclaimed reassuring her.
"Thanks Max!" And Lan gave him a smile.
Their training continued until 8pm came and when it did, everyone ran out of the forest in stampede-mode but Kai didn't move and still wanted to train until Lan dragged him out of the forest and followed the rest home.
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The Bladebreakers were at the hotels Restaurant and everyone was eating frenziedly and non-stop. The other guests in the room were staring at them all in disgust and horror and the some (the children) in amusement.
"Pwoarh! I LOVE buffets!" Tyson exclaimed running up to the buffet table again for more food.
"So hungry . . . Hungry . . . Food . . ." Max was muttering to himself while stuffing his face with noodle, rice, chicken wings, satay and all the other foods that were on the Buffet table.
Kenny was eating decently along with Kai but Lan was also eating pretty recklessly as well but not as messy but was defiantly eating faster than everyone else. Over at the buffet table, Ray and Tyson were fighting each other with forks trying to get the last slice of bacon in the metal tub until the chefs were staring at them concerned and quickly got one of the workers to replace the tub with a new fresh batch of bacon so Ray and Tyson squealed in delight and made the tub empty all over again.
"Careful Lan, you might choke if you keep this eating up." Kai said to her wide-eyed.
Lan spluttered something out incomprehensible to Kai. Kai blinked.
"What??"
Lan gulped down her food with difficulty, "I said you don't need to worry about me, I know what I'm doing!"
But surely enough Lan started to choke slightly and Kai had to come to the rescue as always but lectured her about slowing down while Lan ate even more ignoring him.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" Everyone sighed with full relief and fat stomachs but happy none the less about having full stomachs.
"Ug! I can't move!!" Tyson said happily unbuttoning his pants and unrestricted his stomach.
"Tyson, puh-LEASE! You're not at home you're in a public place, lets just pay our bill and go upstairs and relax!" Lan said.
"Actually we better walk off our food, its not good to rest on a full stomach." Kai said making everyone moan about having to do more exercise.
"I know Kai but I don't want to walk!!" Lan moaned.
"C'mon gang; let's just walk around the hotel."
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After their walk and everyone was resting in their beds after a good wash and they were all just happily relaxing and chatting. Kai came over to Lan's bed and lay next to her with his hands pillowing his head.
"'Sup?" Lan asked, obviously happy that she was full and relaxed.
"Nothin'" Kai replied, but Lan could tell something was wrong with Kai's voice and his face.
"C'mon Kai, tell me." Lan turned around on her stomach and rested her chin onto her hands and looked at Kai's face and smiled.
"I have a lot of things on my mind Lan, and I can't say them all at once."
"Well tell me the one that's bothering you the most."
"It's hard, I have a lot that's bothering me the most. I can't decide which is the hardest to tell."
Lan just looked at him with soft eyes, Kai glanced at her back and his cold heart warmed.
"Well, now don't get mad Lan, but." He hesitated trying to figure out if he was talking to loud but everyone else behind him were talking way too loud for them to bother what he was on about. "Well, just tell me, truthfully. How much information did you tell Jackson?"
"Jackson? What?? I don't understand . . ." Lan was startled by Kai's question.
"You've spoken to him I know Lan. Now what did you guys talk about?"
"W- Why do you want to know? We talked about nothing." Lan looked at him questioningly.
"Don't lie Lan, I know you've been talking, I started to get the picture, it's not hard you know. Why you coming back to the auditorium late, Jackson acting friendly to you. I'm suspicious of him Lan. I don't trust that character or his team. Don't think he's different, he's just like them. You saw them battle. They're merciless and you shouldn't mix with them, now tell me how much have you told him about us?"
Lan blinked at him in astonishment. It's like Kai read her past events like a book. She didn't know what to say, so instead she said the thing she wished never came out of her mouth.
"You call him merciless? I shouldn't mix with them? Well what about you Kai? You just described yourself just there yet I hang around you don't I?"
Kai started at her frowning. He didn't want that remark to hurt him but it did, it hit him hard but he couldn't show it. "Just tell me Lan. Before you say something else stupid."
"But it's true Kai! You are merciless at times!" Her voice started to rise.
"Please Lan," Kai whispered so softly Lan had to strain to hear what he was saying, "please don't argue, I'm sick of it just tell me what I want to know."
Lan looked at him for a long time before answering, "All I said was that you were training me but the others didn't know about that. I didn't say anything dreadful Kai."
"Fine Lan, just forget about this, and forget about him."
"But why?"
"Because he's not trustworthy! Just stay away from him Lan!"
"You can't tell me who I can be friends with or can't! You don't have the right!"
"How do you know he wants to be your friend? He's the opposition Lan and I'm sure he'll even betray your 'friendship' to win."
"Just don't speak to me Kai. I'm tired." Lan looked away. She didn't know herself why she wanted to defend Jackson, but she just did.
Kai looked at her frowning and with an annoyed grunt he left her bed and went over to his own. Lan felt a little cold without him next to her but she climbed under her blankets and tried to fall asleep but regretted her sharp tongue and dug herself even deeper into her blankets and curled up into a little ball.
Kai looked over towards Lan's huddled up position and his eyes softened with sadness he couldn't put his finger on.
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Garh. I'm so sorry I didn't update so quickly. Bah, no one is reading my story . . . I should give up. Everyone has gotten fed up with me . . . =( And this is too long. Meh.