Hello, everybody. I tried as hard as I could to stay away from the computer but the stories kept calling me so I decided to write more. I noticed some mistakes after updating and rereading the last chapter so I fixed it and replaced it. Sorry about that. Well, here is chapter 5 of My Sweet Nightmare.
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"Talking"
'thinking'
Chapter 5. A beybattle.
Several days after the strange incident between Starr and Rei, Starr was taken to a doctor's office. Her shoulder cast was removed and her arm x-rayed. The doctors examined the pictures before pronouncing that her shoulder had healed and she could beyblade again if she wanted. They also gave her some pain medicine just in case it started hurting again. The injuries sustained from the whip still had some healing to do and the bandages still needed to stay on, but as long as she wasn't running, she would be okay. Kenny repaired her launcher. But not before noticing something strange about the launcher.
Starr's POV
"Hey guys! Come here for a minute and take a look at this." exclaimed Kenny loudly. I walked over to Kenny who was holding up the launcher and jumping up and down in excitement.
"What is it, Kenny?" I asked. By now, Rei, Max, and Tyson, had also gathered near him.
"Look." he said, pointing to the ripcord hole on the left side.
"I don't see anything wrong with it." said Max and Tyson at the same time.
It was Rei, which didn't surprise me at all, who pointed out the difference in my launcher from everybody else's.
"Her ripcord hole is on the left side unlike all of our's. We have ours on the right side because we use our right hands to pull them out. That's because we are right handed." explained Rei.
"That means that Starr must use her left hand to pull out her ripcord. She must be left handed. Are you, Starr?" asked Kenny asked, turning to face me.
"Yes, I am left handed. But I don't think it makes a difference when I beyblade. What do you want me to do? Battle someone for you?" I answered with sarcasm biting the edge of my sentence.
"Actually. I would love it if you beybattled Max. That way I could see what affect it had on an opponent's beyblade and I could also load the data into Dizzi and register you a blader, depending on the level of your skill." Kenny practically shouted.
I raised an eyebrow.
"Starr. You should never say anything sarcastic in front of him. He doesn't take it as sarcasm but as though you really mean it. I'm sorry, but I don't think we'll be able to save you from Kenny. He's kind of in a work mode and the last time he got into a work mode, he nearly stole Max's beyblade. He kept muttering things under his breath like "bit beast... upgrade... talking." Trust me, its freaky." explained Rei.
"Really? Maybe you should get him checked out or something. He might be mental. But I don't mind a battle. I haven't bladed in a long time and I'm sure Charity won't mind having some good competition. Max? You want to battle me?" I asked turning to Max.
He shook is head vigorously causing his blonde hair to fall into his face. Slivers of his green eyes peeped out between them. He looked so cute I had to laugh. I did.
"What did I do now?" he asked laughing with me.
"You look silly. That's why." I giggled. 'I truly feel at home here. I hope the others don't think I'm hitting on Max or anything.' I stole a glance at Rei and Tyson. 'Yep.' I thought. "I can see that question right behind their eyes. I don't think they're going to ask me though. I'll let them decide that for themselves.'
"Hey Max. Are you ready to beybattle?" I asked. I was really psyched up about this whole battle. I wanted to prove myself to the others. That desire burned brightly within me and I could already feel adrenaline rush through my veins.
"Sure. Let's go outside. We'll have room to release our bit beast and Tyson's grandfather, or Grandpa, as everybody here calls him, set up a beydish in his backyard. He installed it right after our team won the first beyblading world tournament. That way, when we all train, we can battle too." said Max.
"Alright. Let's go!" I ran outside with Max, Rei, Tyson, and Kenny following close behind me. Once we got to the dish, Kenny plopped himself onto the ground and opened his laptop. A female voice greeted Kenny so I assumed that the voice belonged to Dizzi, his bit beast. Rei had spoken to me about the bit beast apparently trapped inside of Kenny's computer a few days ago. My focus shifted to the beyblade in my hand.
"Ready?" Max asked.
"Yep." I answered.
Rei's POV.
'I can't help thinking that it is just too soon for Starr to beyblade. I am eager to see what she can do in the dish, that much I admit. But I don't want her putting to much strain on her shoulder. I'll just wait and see what happens.' I thought before realizing that I sounded just like Kenny. 'Since when is my job to be the worrywart in this group?' I know I must have had a strange look on my face because Tyson tugged on my shirt and asked me if my brain was coming back from La-la land anytime soon. I pushed him away and sat down next to Kenny.
"Three, two, one! Let it RIP!" shouted Max and Starr simultaneously before firing their beyblades into the beydish.
Around and around they spun, avoiding each other's attacks. Only seconds after the beyblades had been released, Kenny let out a gasp and started clicking a whole bunch of things on his computer. I looked over at his screen and asked him what he was doing.
"Look." he said, pointing to his computer screen. On it two images rotated and I recognized them as the bottoms of beyblades spinning.
"This one is Max's." he explained, pointing to the picture on the top. It was spinning to the right. "And this is Starr's." he pointed to the bottom. It was spinning to the left.
"So?"I asked. I didn't understand what Kenny was getting at.
Kenny sighed, apparently exasperated that I had no clue what he was talking about.
"Oh why can't anybody be smart like me?" said Kenny shaking his head.
"What's that supposed to mean? Explain your point?" I asked. I was slightly upset from Kenny's insult and it reflected in my voice. I know because Kenny shrank back and regarded me with fearful eyes. He laughed nervously.
"I'm sorry, Kenny. I didn't mean to scare you. It was an accident. Now can you please explain your point?' I asked.
"It's alright, Rei. I know you didn't mean to. Anyways, let me explain. Observe Dizzi's screen. See those two numbers. The one on the top is Max's rpm, or rotations per minute and the one on the bottom is, of course, Starr's. Now watch. Max! Starr! Attack each other now." Kenny yelled to them.
"You're a lot tougher than I thought. Go Draciel!" shouted Max, summoning his bit beast.
"And you're pretty good yourself, Max. Go Charity!" Starr complemented before also releasing her bit beast.
A brilliant light enveloped both bladers and into the sky flew two bit beasts. One a giant turtle, and the other a snow white wolf with cerulean blue and silver armor. They collided in midair and bounced back.
"Watch. See! Because Starr's beyblade rotates oppositely than Max's, when she attacks, she actually reduces the speed of his beyblade. Isn't that incredible? It's like a secret weapon." Kenny explained bouncing up and down in excitement at his newest discovery.
"Wow, that is pretty neat. But then why doesn't Max's blade affect Starr's?" I asked.
"Because the attack ring on Starr's is reversed too. It is especially designed for attacking "right handed" beyblades. If Max launched his blade with his left hand, they still wouldn't be evenly matched because his attack ring would not work effectively. In fact, it would slow down his beyblade and he could even possibly strain his body because he would be doing everything backwards. Differently than he normally would. Left handed beybladers are extremely rare. I myself have never met one before and I have done a complete searchon the B.B.A. network without finding any."
Starr's POV.
I noticed out of the corner of my eye that Rei and Kenny were talking.. I couldn't make out what they were saying, but I tuned them out and focused on the battle. So far, I think we were pretty evenly matched. Apparently, so did Max.
"Draciel, go! Gravity control!" he called to his bit beast and began attacking my blade.
"Go, Charity! Angel gust!" I called. A giant flash of light filled up the area and then water filled the dish, It rushed in torrents and Charity swirled around, floating on the waves. Suddenly everything spun and it felt like she was being pulled into the vortex. Then she attacked with her angel gust. Strong winds pulled at our clothes and sucked the water into the air. I surprised Max by allowing my blade to be carried up high into the air.
"Reverse spin attack!" I yelled and Charity flew down, landing on top of Max's beyblade. Thanks to my first attack, the wind had sped up the rotation of my blade. Charity spun around, faster and faster, creating a small magnetic field. In normal polarity.
"Draciel. Try to shake her off." said Max. He tried moving, but I smiled and shook my head.
"Sorry Max. You're not getting away that easily.". My blade lifted off of his and spun directly behind it.
"Magnetic reversal!" I shouted. The tiny magnetic field I had created around Max's blade reversed polarity and his blade was repelled from mine. It sailed into the air before landing just outside the dish. I had WON!
Max looked stunned. He picked up his blade and then looked at me.
"Wow, Starr. That was amazing. Where did you learn to blade like that?" shock laced his voice. ' I wonder if I should answer that question.'
'You don't have to tell them Starr. They will learn eventually.' Charity's soft voice rang in my head.
'Alright then. I'll tell them. Thanks Char. That was one of the toughest opponents I've ever faced. Bye'
'Goodbye.' she whispered before dematerializing back into her blade.
"Do you really want to know that?" I asked picking up my blade and putting it in my pocket.
" Good work, both of you. That was a pretty intense battle." Rei said.
"Yeah! I'm definitely going to register you a beyblader. In fact, I'm going to go do that right now." said Kenny before disappearing inside the dojo with his computer tucked safely under his arm.
"That was a great battle, Starr. You really have some skills in the dish." said Max, nodding his head up and down. "Whew. That was a pretty intense battle. Let's go inside and get something to eat."
"Max! Please. One Tyson is enough. We don't need two!" replied Rei laughing. We all started to walk inside but then Max stopped.
"Where did you learn to blade like that, Starr?" he repeated.
"Do you want to know?" I asked.
"Yes." he replied.
"Are you sure?" I asked. I really didn't know how he was going to take it.
"Yes." he said seriously.
"I learned from one of the best bladers in the world."
"Who's that?" Max asked.
"Kai." I said. "Kai Hiwatari."
Ha, ha! I left you hanging. Now you have to review so I can start working on chapter 6. I feel sooooo... EVIL! Ha, ha, ha! I really need to practice my evil laugh, though. I haven't been so mean in a long time, not including this morning. I hoped you liked this chapter because the next one will be even better. Mwah, ha, ha. Was that better? Just joking. Bye bye until the next chappie!