WHOOT! You guys actually managed to send in 5 reviews over an entire week! °cheers° This is the chapter in which the finals finally start. Tyson and Kai will both be blading in this chapter. I apologize to the people who send in their OC in case I made them different from what you had pictured them. Tyson's match will be pretty short but Kai's match is better so I hope that makes up for it a little. I'll be using attacks from all the seasons because I don't know what all the attacks look like and I didn't remember all of them anymore. Hope you can all live with that and have fun. R&R!

-- 14 --

During the last week of the tournament the beybattles get harder and harder but we still advance without any real problems.

Boris stays away from us but sadly enough, Alan doesn't. He's still coming after me. I think I can be happy with Ray and Kai sticking to me like glue, although it gets annoying sometimes.

Ray's acting a bit weird. He seems very nervous when he's around me. When Alan comes along, I can just feel the hatred radiating off him. I know he's mad at Alan but isn't this going a bit far for just friends? I don't want to get my hopes up or anything but… what if he likes me the way I like him?

Alan and his team get through the beybattles just as well as we do. I guess they're all good bladers which means we'll really have to watch out for them when we blade against them in the finals.

I keep getting flashbacks but they all just show me and Kai together in the abbey. We obviously had a strong bond back then. I wonder if that bond will ever come back.

Right now, I'm in Kai's limo that is taking us to the stadium. Today is the big day: The Finals.

To say that I'm nervous is an understatement people. Sure, we trained a lot and Kenny says we can beat Boris and his team as long as we stay focussed but this is the first time I've actually felt scared of blading. If I lose, will they still see me as a friend? Even Tyson and Max are starting to be friendly towards me. What if we lose because of me? God I wish I was more confident at the moment. Oh no… we just arrived at the stadium. Breath Aviva, breath!

"You coming?" I look up to see Ray standing next to the limo with his hand outstretched so I can take it. I give him a faint smile and take his hand. He pulls me up and looks at me questioningly.

"I'm just nervous." I answer.

He smiles at me and pulls me towards the locker rooms, "Don't worry. You'll be great." he reassures me. We walk to the locker rooms and I notice we're still holding hands – don't squeal Viv, please don't squeal. The fans around us seem to notice as well. The girls are giving me glares and dirty looks and Ray's getting the same treatment, but from the boys. They really seem obsessed with us. By now, I have my own set of fans but I tend to ignore them. Tyson on the other hand just keeps waving and doing whatever it is he's doing. I think I'm going to be sick.

"Tyson! Stop being a baka and just walk to the damned dish!" Kai snaps at him. God bless him.

Tyson glares at him but Kai just ignores it. I can't stop the smirk from forming on my face as I see Tyson grudgingly follow him without waving to his fans or anything anymore.

We reach the dish and see that Alan's team is already there. Alan gives me a playful wink which I answer with a glare.

I sit down on the bench and see Ray sitting next to me, glaring at Alan as deadly as he can. Alan started glaring at him now and once more, they've started a glaring contest.

I just shake my head. They do this a lot so I'm used to it by now. I look around the rest of Boris' team and see an old man standing next to Boris. Kai notices as well and glares with all his might at the man.

"Hey Kai. Who's that?" I ask raising an eyebrow.

"That's my uhm… our grandfather, Voltaire." Kai growls with obvious distaste.

This is the man that put me in that orphanage? I look back at him too see he's approaching us.

"Hello Kai." he says with a curt nod. Kai just glares without saying anything, "I thought I taught you manners. Use them." Voltaire demands.

"Hello, grandfather." Kai growls out with hate dripping off every word.

Voltaire turns to me and looks me over, "Boris tells me you already know who you are?" It's more like a statement than a question.

I nod slowly. I don't know what to make of this man. He seems like a real tyrant and from what I've heard of Kai, he is. He's also the reason why Kai and I got separated when we were young and why I ended up in that orphanage.

By now, my gaze has turned into a glare that he seems to answer right back. Aren't we the perfect picture of a happy family.

"Listen. I threw you in that orphanage for a reason. I wanted you out of Kai's life. I'll do anything to keep it that way." he says.

My glare just intensifies, "Well then listen up you old git." I growl, "I am in Kai's life and you're not getting me out again. I don't care what you think or want. I'm not getting out of your way just because you think I have a bad influence on Kai. Now get out of the way; we have to blade."

He glares at me but goes back to Boris nonetheless. He says something to Boris that I can't hear but just can't be good, and then leaves.

Kai smirks at me and I smirk back at him.

"Bladers! Are you ready!" DJ Jazzman yells.

"Well this should be a very interesting final, AJ. Both teams are extremely good so that promises some very close beybattles." Brad says

"Indeed, Brad." AJ agrees, "We all know the Blade breakers but their opponent team, the Demolition Bladers, seems to be as good as they are."

"Well we'll see who's the best after the matches of today. The first match will be… Rikku Hilton VS Tyson Granger!" DJ Jazzman announces.

"Don't underestimate her Tyson!" Kenny warns.

"Come on Chief, she can't be all that good." Tyson counters with a huge smile on his face.

He obviously thinks that he's already won or something. He walks towards the dish and so does Rikku. Of course, Tyson starts bragging about how good he is and how he's going to take her down. I just hope he can live up to those words in this match. The rules changed and now the finals are sudden death as well so he'll only get one shot at this. Rikku doesn't seem impressed by all Tyson's bragging and just rolls her eyes.

Rikku readies her blade for the launch and Tyson soon follows her example.

"ARE YOU READY! 3…2…1… LET IT RIP!" DJ Jazz man yells.

"Dragoon!" Tyson yells as he launches his blade with full force.

"Inferto!" Rikku yells launching her blade with full power as well.

The two blades spin around each other as the bladers look for weak spot until Tyson looses his patience and just attacks… stupid move.

"I've had it! If she won't come to us, we'll just have to go to her. PHANTOM HURRICANE!" Tyson exclaims.

A huge storm comes out of Dragoon's blade and heads directly towards Inferto but Rikku just smirks.

"ENTERNAL BARRIER!" She orders and Inferto creates a flaming shield around itself. Dragoon's attack crashes against the shield but not even the slightest gust of wind penetrates it.

"That was it? I'm disappointed. I expected more from you Tyson." Rikku mocks before ordering her own blade to attack, "METROPULSE!"

Inferto rises from its blade and uses its mouth to create 2 fire spheres and then shoots them at Dragoon.

"Dragoon! NO!" Tyson yells.

Dragoon rises from his blade so the attack will do less damage but after the 2 spheres hit, you can obviously see that it still did a lot of damage.

"Come on Dragoon! We won't let her get away with that!" Tyson yells.

The two blades hit each other head on as you can see Dragoon and Inferto battling it out above the dish. This goes on for while until Rikku gets annoyed that this match is taking so long and obviously wants to finish it.

"I've had it with you and your damned Dragoon! I'm going to finish this. INFERTO! FINAL FLAME!" Rikku yells.

Inferto engulfs herself in powerfull flames that radiate a lot of heat. I'm not standing at the dish but I can still feel it so Tyson must be feeling like a pie in the oven. Inferto then charges towards Dragoon and headbuts it with full force. Dragoon's blade gets hit very badly and gets knocked out of the dish where Dragoon retreats back into his bitchip and the blade stops spinning. Burn marks can be seen all over the blade and I think Tyson can be happy that it's still in one piece.

"AND THE WINNER IS… RIKKU HILTON!" DJ Jazzman says as the crowd cheers.

Tyson stares at Dragoon in utter shock as Rikku catches her blade and looks at it, "Now where's your big mouth, huh champ?" Rikku mocks before walking back to her team.

Tyson picks up Dragoon and slowly walks back to us, "I'm sorry guys… I lost." he says obviously depressed.

"You underestimated her," Kai says coldly, "and that's why you lost."

Tyson nods and sits down next to Max.

"THE NEXT BLADERS WILL BE… KAI HIWATARI VS AMUNET TABILAH!" DJ Jazzman announces and Kai gets up.

"Good luck, Kai. You have to win this one." I say. He smirks before walking towards the dish.

"Don't worry." he says.

Kai's POV:

I walk towards the dish and see Amunet already standing there with a smile on her face. That smile actually reminds me of Max when he's been on a sugar rush… oh no.

"Hi. Ready to blade?" Ok, that even sounded like Max on a sugar rush. It's official: she's hyper.

I just ready my blade and ignore her. She frowns at my behaviour but then shrugs and goes back to the huge smile before readying her blade as well.

"ARE YOU READY! 3…2…1… LET IT RIP!" DJ Jazzman yells and we both launch our blades.

"DRANZER!" I yell.

"KIHANNA!" she yells.

The two blades hit the dish and immediately start crashing against each other with quite some power. As much as I love blading against people, I need to win this so we'll be tied again, so I better get this show started.

"Dranzer! Fire Arrow!" I order.

Dranzer rises from her blade and charges for Amunet's blade but before she can hit, Amunet calls out an attack of her own.

"Kihanna! Diamond Ruft Storm!" She orders.

Kihanna rises from its blade and summons a huge sandstorm. Now I can't see a thing that's going on! Damn it! 'Come on Dranzer, hit her!'

I hear a pained growl coming from the sand storm and then the storm dies down to reveal Kihanna with a slight burn. I guess Dranzer did hit it but just barely.

"Kihanna! Lion Claw!" Amunet orders.

Kihanna bolts forward and hits Dranzer with its claws, leaving scratch marks on Dranzer's chest.

"Dranzer! Spiral Flame!" I order.

Dranzer creates a large spiral of flames that swallows Kihanna when it hits. Her blade gets knocked off balance a bit but quickly recovers.

"Kihanna! Use Lion Claw again!" Amunet orders.

Kihanna charges for Dranzer again. This time, Dranzer dodges but still gets scratched, though it's barely.

"Now finish it! Final Destiny Storm!" Amunet continues.

A powerfull storm starts to rage hitting Dranzer from every direction possible. Dranzer cries out in pain but manages to survive the attack. My blade has lost most of its speed though, so I need ot finish this if I want to win. One more hit and it'll be me that flies out of the dish instead of her.

"Dranzer! Blazing Gig Tempus!" I order.

Dranzer fires the feathers at Kihanna, throwing it off balance when they hit and trapping it so Kihanna won't be able to escape. Dranzer then charges for Kihanna, hitting it head on.

Kihanna retreats into its blade with a painful cry and Amunet's blade stops spinning.

"AND THE WINNER IS… KAI HIWATARI!" DJ Jazzman announces.

Dranzer retreats back into her blade and then spins into my hand.

Amunet walks up to her blade, taking it out of the dish and looks at me with a small smile.

"That was a good match." she says.

I nod and then walk back to my team. Tyson is cheering along with the rest of the crowd. Well, I guess he's back to normal again.

"Great battle, Kai." Ray says with a smile on his face.

"Yeah bro. Now we're tied again." Aviva adds.

I smirk, "I told you not to worry didn't I? I'd hate to seem like a liar."

"THE NEXT MATCH WILL BE… MAX TATE VS ALEXISS LUI!" DJ Jazzman announces and Max gets up.

"Now it's time to tip the table in our favour." he says before walking up to the dish.

Well that was it folks. The next chapter will have the 3 other battles battles which will conclude the whole finals thing (which I already finished weeks ago but you people just don't seem to review) Next review limit will be 85 reviews so R&R!