Well I'm going to apologize again, right here and right now so none of you can point it out in reviews to me cuz I already know. Max' match SUCKS! I never paid any attention to the damn hyper active sugar high guy so I had actually no idea what his attacks where and had to ask (thanx Yuna Hiwatari for helping me with that, you should all go read her fic! It's really great) and it still turned out all sucky. You have all been warned. Aviva's match and Ray's match turned out okay though I think. I like it this way. Well I hope their matches compensate for Max' so R&R!


-- 15 --

Max reaches the dish and his opponent - Alexiss was her name? - walks up to the dish as well.

I hope Max doesn't make the same mistake Tyson did by thinking she'll be a pushover. I'm sure Boris only picked the best bladers.

They both ready their blades and get ready to launch.

"ARE YOU READY! 3…2…1… LET IT RIP!" DJ Jazzman yells and Max and Alexiss launch their blades.

"DRACIEL!" Max yells.

"KYUBI!" Alexiss yells.

Draciel takes his usual defensive position in the middle of the dish as Kyubi spins around it, trying to find a weak spot in the strong defense.

Kyubi starts hitting Draciel at random and actually manages to throw Draviel off balance a bit.

"Draciel! Heavy Viper Wall!" Max orders.

Draciel rises from his blade and creates a wave of water the pours over Kyubi and then turns into a round wall of water that surrounds Kyubi completely and then engulfs it.

Kyubi blade is knocked off balance but doesn't seem that damaged.

Alexiss just continues her attack calmly, hitting Draciel strategically, not phased by Max' attack at all. Max stares at her blade with a little shock since it seems that the blade didn't get hit at all before recovering quickly and calling out his next attack.

"Draciel! Gravity controll!" he calls out.

Draciel starts spinning around Kyubi, creating a long tornado of water. Draciel spins faster every round and inside, Kyubi starts losing its balance.

"Kyubi! Break it!" Alexiss finally speaks up.

Kyubi rises from its blade and with a lot of effort, breaks through the tornado. Alexiss blade looks a lot more damaged now but Max' blade is in worse shape. Though she didn't really use any powerfull attacks, she hit Draciel in weak spots.

"Kyubi! Spiral Fox Fire!" Alexiss orders.

Kyubi spirals loosely around Draciel, leaving a trail of blue fire as it spins closer to the centre. Max stares at the spiralling blade almost like he's been hypnotised and then Kyubi suddenly starts hitting Draciel. Alexiss blade hits Draciel with full force 5 times from different angles, the blue fire burning Max' blade thoroughly.

Draciel lets out a painful cry as gets knocked out of the dish and retreats into his blade again.

"AND THE WINNER IS… ALEXISS LIU!"

Max seems to snap out of his trance and stares at the dish for a second before looking behind him and seeing Draciel there on the ground.

Max picks up his blade and walks back with a depressed look on his face.

Man, this isn't good. Aviva is next and now she HAS to win. I know she's strong enough to beat anyone if she sets her mind to it but I don't know if she can take the pressure. She's never bladed in a tournament after all.

Aviva's POV:

I've never seen Max like this. Poor guy, I didn't like him at first but he's okay. He doesn't deserve this but hey, that's blading.

"THE NEXT MATCH WILL BE… AVIVA MILANO HWATARI VS RIKA LEANNE!" DJ Jazzman yells.

Well, now I have to win. Gotta love the pressure this is giving. Time to face the music and win this.

I walk to the dish to see Rika already waiting for me.

"Ready?" she asks with a smirk.

"Always." I say while smirking back and getting my blade ready.

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

"ICE CLOVE!" I yell.

"UNIXION!" she yells.

Our blades land in the dish and we start testing each others strength for a while to find weaknesses. This doesn't last very long because Rika quickly orders an attack.

"Unixion! Aerospark!" she demands.

Unixion rises from its blade and summons 2 tornado's to its sides which then come together to form one more powerful tornado as the attack goes for me blade.

"Ice Clove! Ice Barrier!" I call out.

Ice Clove rises from her blade as well and creates an ice shield around herself.

Unixion's attack hits and manages to shatter the shield and hit Ice Clove, though most of the power is already gone.

"Ice Clove! Glacier!" I demand.

Ice Clove lets out a deafening roar and ice bergs appear out of seemingly nowhere around Unixion, stabbing it with their sharp tops and crushing it between the icy walls.

"Unixion! Thunder Cage!" Rika orders and Unixion creates an electrical cage around itself which zaps all the ice away.

"Now, Thorn Hammer!" Rika continues.

Unixion creates a huge thunder and lightning tornado with the electricity that is currently zapping from its horn and hits Ice Clove with it. DAMN IT!

"Ice Clove! Blizzard!." I order and my ice storm starts, quickly growing stronger with each passing moment.

Rika is glaring at the storm, trying to find her blade but just can't see it. The storm slowly subsides and finally fades completely to reveal our blades again. Both are heavily damaged by now and have lost speed a lot.

"Let's finish this, Unixion! Thunder Finale!"

Thunder from the sky and lightning from the earth gather and come together to form a cage around Ice Clove. The cage slowly becomes smaller and you don't have to be a genius to figure out what's going to happen when that cage becomes to small for Ice Clove to fit it.

Rika smirks at me as the cage slowly becomes smaller, "Now what huh?." She taunts. I just glare at her which she answers with an even bigger smirk.

'Damn it Aviva! If you loose this then we'll have lost the tournament! Do something!'

"Ice Clove! Ice Barrier!" I call out and Ice Clove creates the icy shield once more to protect her.

I put as much power into it as I can to strengthen the shield. I know the shield won't be enough to protect my blade but it will at least make sure the impact will be less powerful.

The cage hits the barrier and keeps zapping it until it finally shatters with a small explosion. Smoke surrounds the dish but I can hear Ice Clove's pained roar when the attack hits her.

The smoke clears and to both Rika's and my surprise, my blade is still spinning and Ice Clove is still standing on her hind legs, though I can see she's in pain and won't last much longer.

"Ice Sword!" I order, the surprise still evident in my voice.

Ice Clove stretches her two arms, making her sharp claws visible, and starts to spin around fast. She then charges for Unixion, hitting it with the razor sharp nails on the end of her paws.

Unixion retreats back into its blade with a loud cry as Rika's blade flies out of the dish, landing at Rika's side. Ice Clove also retreats back into her blade and seconds later, stops spinning. Talk about a close call.

"AND THE WINNER IS… AVIVA MILANO HIWATARI!" DJ Jazzman exclaims as the crowd chants my name over and over again.

I fall down to my knees panting because of the energy I had to put into my blade. Ray and Kai run up to the dish to help me get up. Ray is smiling like a mad man and Kai is smirking widely at me. Ray gets Ice Clove out of the dish as Kai helps me get back to the bench.

Tyson and Max are both cheering with the rest of the crowd and it doesn't seem like either of them are depressed anymore. Ray hands me Ice Clove back as I sit down and I look at her. Her attack ring is only barely attached to the blade and the attack ring itself is damaged so heavily that I don't think this can ever be repaired.

"Hey Kenny? Can you fix it?" I ask Kenny who is typing away on Dizzy. He and I had a rough start but we're okay now. He learned not to touch my blade and I promised I wouldn't threaten him anymore.

He looks at my blade and shakes his head, "No, you'll have to buy a new attack ring for it. The rest I can repair." he says.

"THE NEXT BLADERS WILL BE… RAY KON VS ALAN KEITTO!" DJ Jazzman announces.

"Now it's all up to you." I say seriously, turning to Ray.

Ray nods and turns to the dish. Alan is already standing there, tapping his foot and smirking tauntingly at us, "Don't worry. I'll get him." Ray growls and walks to the dish.

Ray's POV:

"Well well well, if it isn't cat-boy. So you're the one that is supposed to beat me? Hah! Don't make me laugh." Alan says mockingly.

"We'll just see about that, won't we." Ray growls back.

We ready our blades and get ready to launch.

"IS EVERYBODY READY FOR THE FINAL AND DECIDING MATCH! WHOEVER WINS THIS WILL WIN THE TOURNAMENT! 3…2…1… LET IT RIP!" DJ Jazzman yells and Alan and I launch our blades.

"DRIGER!" I yell.

"YOUKAI!" He yells.

'Now let's just see what you're really made of!' I think as our blades crash against each other with full power. I am NOT losing this match even if it kills me.

"Youkai! Watery Grave!" Alan orders.

Youkai rises out of his blade and like Kenny said, it looks exactly like Driger only it's blue.

A huge tidal wave appears and washes over Driger. Driger gets knocked off balance but quickly recovers.

"Driger! Tiger Claw!" I order.

Driger rises from his blade and charges for Youkai, scratching it with his claws and leaving marks on Youkai's side.

"You call that an attack! Let's show him what an attack is supposed to look like, Youkai. Light-Force Claw!" Alan demands.

Youkai's paws start to emit a bright light and he then bolts forward and scratches Driger. The light emitting from Youkai's paws seems to power the attack, making it stronger and the cuts deeper.

"Ghe, you can't win this match, Ray! Just like you can't even win Viv's heart." Alan taunts.

I glare at Alan, "Who says I want her heart." I growl.

"Oh come on. It's clear you like her. At least I admit it." Alan goes on.

"I do NOT like her!" I exclaim at him. Ok, I do but I'm not going to admit it to this jerk!

"And I already had the pleasure of kissing her. Almost get further." Alan brags, "You can't even admit your feelings to her! You're pathetic. You can't win her or this match!" Alan smirks.

I glare at him, "I CAN win this match and I WILL. As for my personal life, BUZZ OFF!" I hiss.

He just smirks wider, "Sure Ray, keep telling yourself that. You're even more pathetic then I thought. No wonder Viv doesn't want you." he says.

"At least I don't have to rape her to get close to her." I growl out. "Driger! Tiger Claw!"

Driger charges for Youkai once again but Alan orders his Ligh-Force Claw and the two feline bitbeast fit each other full on.

"At least I kissed her! I haven't seen you doing that!" Alan says but he sounds annoyed now.

"I don't like her! Get it!" I yell at him.

"Just admit it Ray. You feel something for her! And the reason why you hate me so much is because I got to her first!" Alan yells back.

"FINE!" I yell really pissed off now and temporarily forgetting everyone around me, "I FREAKING LOVE HER! YOU HAPPY NOW!" I yell before realizing what I just yelled through an arena full of people. I turned around at lightning speed to see Aviva's shocked face.

'Just great Ray! You just screwed it all up!'

"Big mistake cat-boy. Youkai! Finish the fight! Torpedo claw!" Alan calls out. I turn around just in time to see Youkai charging for my blade and scratching Driger with his claws and nearly knocking him out of the dish but I can stop that just in time by putting more power into the blade.

Alan looks very pissed that his attack didn't throw me out but then smirks, "That attack might not have thrown you out of the dish but your going to wish it had."

"And why is that?" I growl.

"Because that attack not only damages your blade but also poisons your bitbeast." he says with a wide smirk.

My eyes widen as I look at Driger and see the pained expression on his face. His legs are shaking but he's not giving up, the look in his eyes is very determined.

I glare at Alan fiercely, "If you think that's gonna stop Driger and me, then you're sadly mistaken! Let's say we finish this." I say, my voice dripping with all the anger and hatred I'm feeling for the damned asshole.

Alan smirks, "Sure. Then maybe I can still do some important things instead of blading someone like you."

I glare and his smirk just widens.

"YOUKAI! TORPEDO CLAW!" Alan calls out.

"DRIGER! VULCANO CLAW!" I yell.

Both our bitbeast charge for each other and the two blades crash against each other with full force. I put all the power I have left in this attack. 'Come on Driger. I know you can do it.'

The two bitbeast hit and dust covers the arena after the impact. Both bitbeast retreat back into their blades and one blade can be seen, wobbling in the centre of the dish though because of the dust, no one can see which one.

The dust clears way too slowly for my taste but when it finally does, we can finally see which blade is still spinning.

"AND THE WINNER IS… RAY KON!" DJ Jazzman exclaims through the speakers as Driger finally stops spinning. Alan's blade is lying next to it, the attack ring completely demolished and half of it isn't on the blade anymore. My own blade isn't looking that good either. Driger's attack ring is crushed and scratched and parts are missing.

I stare at the dish in disbelief and then look up at Alan. He's staring wide eyed at his blade and then looks up at me and glares.

"This… this… This can NOT be happening!" he exclaims.

I smirk at him, "I is Alan. And that finally proves I'm better then you are."

I walk to Driger and get him out of the beydish before walking back to my team. They're cheering like there's no tomorrow, even Kai is. Tyson and Max are hugging each other and dancing around like crazy people and Aviva… DAMN! I almost forgot! I just yelled out that I love her!

I look for her and see her running towards me, embracing me while cheering as well.

"You were great Ray!" she says.

"Thanks Aviva but…" I get cut off by her lips on my own as she kisses me passionately in front of the entire stadium. I wrap my arms around her and return the kiss gladly.

We break apart seconds later and she smiles at me, "Don't worry about it Ray, I think I just made my point clear." she says.

I smile at her as the rest of our team joins us. Tyson jumps on top of me so I have to let go of Aviva. Then Max jumps on top of Tyson and we all fall to the ground laughing. Aviva is still standing, laughing down at us as Kai comes over as well, smiling widely at me.


Well that were the finals people! But for those who are wondering: no, this is not the end. Voltaire did threaten Aviva after all so he has to do something. Didn't really plan that when I started but who cares! The new review limit will be 92 reviews so R&R!