Chapter 33------Clash of the Divines
-MAI'S POV-
"Hello brother." I took a step back, this wasn't Riya's voice. This was…I started to panic…This was… "Eden."
-END OF POV-
His eyes gleamed. "Why don't you get out of that form?" He said as he got up and straightened himself.
"AND APPEARS THAT RIYA IS ALRIGHT!" The crowd rejoiced along with the announcer. But oh! How wrong they were. How so very wrong they were…
-At both stands-
"-stares in a daze at Riya and Mai- Stop the battle… -quickly turns to Tyson- TELL THEM TO STOP THE BATTLE!" Hilary looked as if someone was gonna die if they didn't do something. And it was possible… someone could die.
"Oh no. Oh no oh no oh no." Copellia shook her head in disbelief. This couldn't be happening! Not now! She swallowed hard…
-Match-
She didn't know what came over her but Mai wanted to run, to get away from him as far as possible. But her damn feet wouldn't budge! She didn't want to look at him so she glanced ever so often at the progress of the match, the two blades were just spinning there, not attacking, not defending, just spinning…waiting for their commands. She landed her gaze on him. That person standing before her was Eden…be it the bad or good one… she didn't want to know what happens in the end. She didn't want to be part of what happens in the end…
"Ne ni-chan. Haiyaku (hey bro, hurry up)" He sounded irritated.
"Riya. Bring back Riya." The girl tried not to show any fear yet she didn't want to appear too demanding either. Eden in that form was still dangerous and no way did she want to make him mad.
"I wasn't talking to you!" he sneered. "Bring. My brother. Out. Now! "
"No. NO!" Mai suddenly grew more confident of herself, what was she playing at? "I'm not letting him out! I'LL NEVER LET HIM OUT!"
He let out a laugh, "Sou ka?( is that so?)" Mai saw that his eyes were dancing, something wasn't right.
"ALZZEEEAAA!"
It was just like the last time. Fusion. Eden was fusing with Alzea and the phoenix was starting to morph into something more powerful. 'Oh damn damn damn. Oh shit oh crap!' Mai panicked, 'Eden please come out, please please please.' She never expected herself to wish for such a thing but the mind doesn't think very well under pressure and that was the only strongest thing she could think of that might have a chance against Eden— Eden himself.
Alzea started to change, its wings shifted to its back and changed to a soft white just like Levian's did. Its feathers were replaced by cream coloured clothing. Everything looked just like Lev's form when he combined with Eden. Like twins, only this one had crimson eyes and hair as black as night. And instead of a staff like Lev's, this one carried a sword. Mai scrutinized the object: shiny flawless blade with two wings carved on the handle, spreading out to form the hilt and if you looked close enough, you could see that there were patterns on the blade too, only visible when seen at certain angles under the light.
"ALZEA! BLACK CARNAGE!"
The angel seemed to smirk at the order and charged straight for Levian. "LEVIAN!" Mai watched in horror as her bit-beast got slashed by a hundred-fold of swords. The yelping, the sound of pain, the slashing, the struggling, the hurt, the pleasure, everything flashed before her, like pages of a photo album, starting off slow but slowly turning faster, and faster, and faster till it was all a blur.
'It's not fair…'
That Levian was suffering and she couldn't help him…
'It's not fair…'
That she was made to revive Eden… that she had to battle Riya…
…Lose her parents, thought of as a freak…Be against her kind…
Why was she given this life? What for? No one was there to help her… no one she could help when they needed it…
Why…
'It's not fair…'
Her eyes glistened, her chest grew heavy with emotion and her nose started blocking up, 'It's not fair…' "IT'S NOT FAAAAIIR!"
-FFFFFFFWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSHHHHHHHHH!-
A wave of energy surged around Mai, her eyes turned into a ferocious orangey-red, erasing the tears that once dwelled in those sockets. She felt like punishing something, something to blame her life on, something to take out all her anger on. And she knew just what.
-stands-
"This is bad, very very bad!" Max exclaimed. "Kai! You gotta stop her!"
Kai gave him a why-me? look. So what if he stopped Mai? Who was gonna stop Riya?
The Zeelans on the other side were not all peachy either; they looked on with frightful faces. They knew what was happening but unfortunately the audience didn't, to them it was more amazing battle skills and they cheered loudly at having witnessed it.
Such fools they were… useless beings who knew nothing… nothing but the world they lived in, their own fantasy world, a world blinded from reality…or maybe, they just refused tosee it…
-match-
"LEEEVVVIIAAANNN!"
The wolf floated up and changed in mid-air, wings sprouted from its back, its fur turned into his clothing, his silvery-white hair flowed out like a wave of water, his deep mesmerizing blue eyes pierced through his long bangs, his staff firmly wielded in his right hand. The final form reflected Alzea's image and the fans oooo-ed and ahhh-ed at the spectacular effects.
Riya watched in amusement at Lev's new form. But his smirk vanished as he remembered that there was no time for fun and games.
"ALZEA ATAAACCCK!"
"LEVIAN ATAAAACCK!"
At once, both angels charged straight at each other, -CHING!- metal clashed against metal as both blocked their opponent's attack. Struggling, pushing, the staff and the sword grinded against each other, -BLANG!- They pulled apart and headed back for more. Alzea took a swipe at Lev who jumped out of his way; Lev retaliated and swung his staff at him. –WHOOOSH- Alzea took to the sky with Lev hot on his tail; they both crashed through the confinements of the stadium and soared high into the clouds. (the stadium has an open roof mind you) Mai and Riya ran after their bit-beasts, closely followed by the rest of their team members.
"MAI! YOU HAVE TO STOP!"
"WAIT! DON'T TOUCH –" But Drex's advice had been too late, Mai had sent Tyson skidding across the floor.
Meanwhile, the battle had taken to the sky and that meant— more space for destruction. The two power-houses crashed into buildings, blasted their attacks at their opponent only to end up missing and blow up a hole in the city. Everything was in chaos but they didn't care, they weren't aware of their actions, Mai and Riya weren't Mai and Riya anymore…
"HOLY ORDER!" A ray of blue light blasted from Lev's staff and smashed into Alzea, causing him to lose his balance and drop a bit in the sky. But that didn't stop him from returning the favour, the back-haired angel swooped up, Lev dodged but not fast enough, -ZRRRNG- The blade went right through his left wing.
"How did you like that, Brother?" The angel smirked as he pulled his blade out from Lev's wing. The white angel tried to stay afloat with one wing, every flap must've hurt really badly and this made him very vulnerable. And like all enemies, Alzea would never pass this chance to defeat Lev. He came round for a second attack but "LEVIAN! HOLY ORDER!" The beam shot straight at Alzea as he was coming in for the attack, it was uncalled for! And he wasn't prepared! Both angles received blows from each other and for a split-second, everything froze as if allowing time to sink in. And suddenly there was a fluttering of feathers…
-ZZZZZZZZZZRRRRRRrrrrrrr…-
Their heads grew heavy and both Edens collapsedon the ground, their bodies limp as though every drop of energy had been drained out of them. By this time, the announcer and some of the crowd had made it outside and witnessed the whole thing, "AND WE HAVE A TIE BUT BOTH BLADERS SEEMED TO HAVE FAINTED!" He covered the microphone with his hand and rushed to the fallen bladers, "Will they be alright?" He questioned Max, never once did he face such a scenario, sure beyblading took a lot out of the bladers but never this serious. Usually they would've known their own limits…
"Mai! Mai! Shikkarishite! (Get a hold of yourself!) Mai!" Max tapped the side of Mai's face and was relieved to see her eyes flutter open after a few minutes, "Daijyobu? (Are you alright?)" Max lifted her head. "Eh, chotto… (Yeah, a little…)" she mumbled and tried to sit up but she remembered, "Riya wa? Is he alright?" Her eyes searched frantically for the boy as she struggled to steady herself. She saw her friends crowding around someone who was lying on the ground and concluded that it had to be Riya. She forced herself to move, she had to see if he was alright, and with a little help from Max and Kenny, she made it to Riya's side.
"Riya?" No answer. Her friends were trying to wake him up as well but he wasn't responding. "Riya? Riya! Wake up! Please wake up!" Copellia was practically begging as she held the boy's hand.
"He's alright, he's just knocked out." Drex removed his hand from the brunette's wrist.
And that suited her fine… it was all she wanted to know…"Yokat...ta… (thank good…ness)" –dump- The girl's head dropped into Max's chest, "Whoa! Guys a lil' help here!" Rei rushed to support Mai's left side, "Call and ambulance, hurry!"
And the sirens echoed in the distance as they watched their friends get carried away……….
"So…what about the match? Are we still gonna continue?" Tyson slipped his hands in his pockets and rocked back and forth on his heels.
His blond mate gave a side-wards glance at him; everyone had that heavy aura about them, like a thunderstorm over their heads…a thunderstorm that had ruined everything. Nobody felt like doing anything now…
What should they be doing after something like that anyway? They should be by their friends' side… Yeah! Give 'em support! Let 'em know you're there for them!
But…
Were they really needed there? And the match…
"Shall we continue?" The announcer's voice broke through the gloom.
"Continue? CONTINUE? Our friends are in hospital –points at no particular direction- and who knows how serious their condition is and you want us to CONTINUE?" Copellia yelled at the announcer like he was crazy for ever suggesting such a thing. Mit-chan pulled her away to calm her down while the rest negotiated with the people in charge…
"Is there any way we can postpone the match?"
"I'ma notto shure, we hab no rules for dis shitsuashon."
"Mr Yamashita please! Our friends are in hospital!"
The tanned Japanese excused himself and headed back into the board room to discuss with his fellow BBA members. He came back minutes later with the verdict.
"Da matche wirru kontinew, I am berry sorry." He bowed low for forgiveness. Copellia kicked the wall and cursed in Zeelan, something about this being unfair and having no heart.
"Howeba, we feel resuponshibal and hab decidad to pay for da medicaru bills." The man smiled weakly, hoping that this will make them a little happier perhaps?
"Domo arigatou gozaimashita (Thanks very much)" Hilary bowed and came up sighing…
"I guess there's no choice then… who's next?"
Soooo sorry for the late post. You see, I have a major exam this year called the o levels, its an exam you take to enter colledge or whatever they call it over there in the west, so this means i'll have less time to update coz i'm tied down by school work. But fear not! I shall continue to post up the new chapters whenever I have e time so be patient k? Thanks for understanding XD
LOTSA love,
blu