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"What? You think she's scared of her own bitbeast?" Kai asked incredously. "How do you know?" Max shifted uncomfortably. Kai never had much time for feelings.
"I just do," he admitted. "And you've got to admit, Kai," he hurried on. "She has a good reason. The first time she used it, it knocked her out, stunned her friends and completly wrecked the room! I think she's scared of what it can do. And, as you know, if she doesn't want to control it, she won't, and God knows what'll happen this time!" Max finished, knowing he'd said the truth and wondering how the rest of the team would react.
"Okay then, Maxie, what do you propose we do about it?" Kai asked sarcastically, while the others watched nervously.
"Well... OK, I've got an idea," Max said hesitantly. "But you're not going to like it..." Everyone clustered round Max.
"Well then, what's the idea?" demanded Tyson
"Yeah and hurry up about it, it's not gonna be long before Hilary's out the bathroom, she only spends half an hour in there!" said Ray, smirking.
"Alright then, here it is..."
"WHAT!"
"I said you wouldn't..."
Meanwhile, in the bathroom, Hilary was trying to relax in a scalding hot bath. You'd be suprised how hot a bath can go if it's Tyson paying! she thought, laughing silently. But how do you relax when your thoughts resemble a shopping mall queue, with everything joslting for for position at once and one thought always getting shoved to the back, only to try and work it's way up again? Because, without really knowing it at first, Max had been dead right. Hilary was scared of her bitbeast. Scared of what it might do to the team if it got the chance. She'd seen the others with their bitbeasts, so she knew that they were supposed to obey you, and that they got stronger if you became friends with them. But how could she become friends with somthing that had knocked her out? She climbed out the bath and got dressed. As she pulled on her new skirt, she felt something bumpy in one of the pockets. She drew out her blade and stared at it. No! If the rest of the team could do it, then so would she! Feeling better, she examined herself in the mirror. She wanted to make an entrance, and this outfit should do the trick!
So, as the BladeBreakers walked towards the training room, restored to its usual state thanks to Mr Dickenson, they were all thinking about the matches they were going to have to fight. Nobody except Kenny was supposed to know who was going to be facing who, so it was with not a little nervousness that they all entered the room and lined up against the wall, facing Kenny. Then Hilary made her entrance. Every jaw in the room hit the floor. When they'd all recovered a little, they entered the well known sport of staring and wolfwhistling. After all, Hillary didn't usually wear;
gold earrings,
2 necklaces,
a skimpy, clingy, off the shoulder blouse,
a long, black, skirt with a slit right up the side, and
three inch heels with straps up to her knees.
No, definitely not normal. Kai frantically tried to think of something cutting to say to disguise the fact that he had been staring as much as any of them. All he came up with was,
"I hope you can blade in those heels. Now, everyone line back up, and, Tyson, please stop whistling at Hilary!" Once the boys had finally stopped taking sneak glances at Hilary, Kenny unrolled a poster.
"Right guys, here we go. The pairings are: Tyson, you're with Ray, Hilary, you're with Kai, and Max, you're facing whoever wins out of Kai and Hilary." Silence ruled as the rest of the team craned their necks, trying to see Kai's and Hilary's expressions. Hilary looked nervous. Kai looked like someone had just slapped him, hard.
"This is gonna be an interesting match." muttered Tyson. Max and Ray nodded. Kai was one of the best bladers in the team and the only one Hilary hadn't faced yet. However, as she had proved, Hilary was more than capable of taking world class bladers down, easily. But Kai didn't lose without a struggle...oh this was going to be an interesting battle!
One win for Tyson later, Hilary and Kai stepped up to the dish.
"You ready, Hilary?" Kai smirked. Hilary nodded.
"All right!" yelled Max. "And...3...2...1... LET IT RIP!" The two blades spun into the beystadium and started circling each other.
"Wow!" said Kenny, typing furiously. "Two perfect launches!" Tyson looked nervously at the blades.
"So, come on then, Kenny. Who's gonna win?" he said heatedly.
"Well, on paper and by sheer experience, there's no doubting that Kai's the stronger of the two," Kenny stated. "But..."
"Hilary's got her bitbeast." Ray finished. Kenny nodded.
"Exactly!" he said.
"Kenny, you didn't answer my question!" moaned Tyson, punching his friend lightly on the arm. Kenny sighed.
"I honestly have no idea, Tyson."
"First time for everything!" Tyson sniggered. "Sorry, Chief." he said quickly, seeing the flash of hurt in Kenny's eyes.
Hilary sent her blade forwards, trying to finish the fight quickly. Dranzer easily dodged the clumsy attacks, and the counter-attack nearly knocked her out of the dish. Kai smirked. This was easy!
"Come on Hilary, is that really all you've got?" he taunted. "Show me the power that beat the three time-World Champion!"
"Don't remind me about that!" complained Tyson. "It's bad enough knowing she beat me, without reminding me I'm World Champ too!" Kai shot him a filthy look.
"Tyson, be quiet." Hilaryordered automatically. She watched Kai's blade as it spun in the centre of the dish, and thought hard. She knew that it was no use trying to wait it out until Kai stopped spinning, because Kai had trained until his blade had the longest spinning time on the planet. No, that was no use. She was going to have to do this the hard way. She began to concentrate fiercely, sending waves of power into her waiting blade. Seeing this, Kai started to build up his own power. Both blades slowly began to glow, one red, the other blue-green. Without warning, Hilary launched her blade. It streaked across the dish, a turquiose blur of speed. Kai didn't so much as twitch. A wall of flame shot out fron his blade, stopping Hilary in her tracks. Hilary concentrated harder, pouring her energy out. As her blade slammed into the flames, Kai was thrown off balance. Raising both arms in protection, he battled to stay steady under her furious attack. Watching, waiting, he saw her guard slip slightly. He gathered his power, and, body glowing red, flung himself forwards, pushing Hillary's blade violently backwards.
Hilary stumbled backwards. The two bladers looked up and met each other's eyes. Their blades slowed down slightly, spinning in one place.
"By the looks of it, they've decided to take a break." whispered Kenny.
"So, what do you think of the fight so far then, Chief?" Max whispered back.
"Intense." replied Kenny. "Tell me, in your battles with Hilary, did either of you battle at full strength?" Ray and Tyson shook their heads.
"No. Not like this." Tyson muttered. Kenny nodded in satisfaction.
"I thought so. There's no way Hilary could've beaten you that easily if you were going at full power Especially you, Tyson. Wait a sec-" Kenny leaned forwards and stared at the computer screen, suddenly alert. Ray leaned in.
"Forget the laptop, guys!" Tyson said in an awed voice. "Check Hilary and Kai out!" The other three turned to see. Hilary was sweating and panting heavily, obviously suffering. Kai however, was in much better shape, only a thin sheen of sweat on his face showing that he was even trying. "Why is Hil looking so worn out, Kenny?" Tyson asked. Kenny typed something into his laptop.
"Oh no!" he said worriedly. "I was afraid of this!"
"What's going on?" Max asked sharply. Kenny swallowed.
"Hilary's bit-beast wants to fight. Badly. Hillary's using up most of her remaining energy just trying to keep it in. Kai's sensing this, and that's why he isn't attacking."
"Why is Kai not attacking her a bad thing?" Ray asked.
"In a way, it would be best if Kai just took her out now because the longer this battle goes on for the less control Hilary is going to have over her bit-beast and Mr Dickenson's only just repaired this from last time." Kenny said quickly, hisface turning slightly blue with the effort of saying that in one breath.
Kai narrowed his eyes. So, Max was right. She was scared of her bit-beast. Well, if she wouldn't bring it out voluntarily, he would put her into a position where she had to summon it, or lose the match. Dranzer began to glow again as Kai powered up, swirling blue flames hovering round the beyblade as it glowed red.
"Hey, Hilary!" Kai said curtly. "You might be good, but can you beat this?" His blade was now almost too bright to look at, and something was beginning to emerge from the bit.
"Kai's called Dranzer out!" Tyson breathed. With a harsh yell, Kai released his bit-beast.
The massive phoenix soared out of Kai's blade and flew in a shimmering circle, sparks flying from it. Hilary flinched backwards. The urge to summon her bitbeast was almost too much, and she fell to her knees as it tried to push its way out. Exerting all her will, Hilary pulled it back in and stumbled to her feet, waiting for Kai's attack.
Kai was almost unrecognisable as sapphire flames licked up and down his body. "Hilary." His voice was flat and emotionless, crackling with the elemental force he had unleashed. "I have at my control one of the most destructive forces in the world. Fire. If you have anything you think might help," A slight smirk crossed his mouth. "then I suggest you use it." He waited. Hilary didn't move, couldn't move. "Oh well. Don't say I didn't warn you. GO DRANZER!" he roared. Dranzer flew at Hilary's blade, a spitting, blazing beacon of destruction, his flaming feathers turning the whole room red and blue. Hilary screwed her eyes up and shoved her bit-beast back into the blade again, covering her face with her arm as Dranzer came nearer and nearer. She whimpered, expecting any second to feel blistering heat scalding her, to see her blade flying out of the dish. Nothing happened. In fact, the glow seemed to be dying away... She lowered her arm and stared at the blade, then at Kai, then at his blade again. The blue beyblade was lying a few centimetres away from her own, not spinning. She blinked, confused. What had happened? She hadn't done anything,she was sure of that, and neither had her bitbeast. So what the heck had just happened? She looked again at Kai, who was lying on his side, sweat dripping off him, breathing raggedly. A nasty suspicion began forming in her mind, and she went to pick up her blade.
Suddenly, her blade flew at her. Hilary stumbled backwards, panicking. A hand snatched it out of the air a second before it would have hit her. Smiling tensely, Max handed her the blade.
"There we are, Hil! It's okay, your bitbeast just got a bit frustrated at not being able to fight. It should be fine now." he said reassuringly. Hilary silently took her blade, noticing red smears on it. She dropped it and looked up quickly, to see Max pull a face and flex his hand, wincing. She grabbed his hand and looked silently at the long cuts on it. Max pulled his hand away. "It's okay-" he started.
"Shut up! Just shut up!" Hilary screamed, scrambling to her feet. All of the emotions of the past month welled out of her as she yelled at her friends. "You don't care what I think! Any of you! All you care about is whether I can handle my bit-beast or not-"
"Hil, calm down, please, it's not like that-" Hilary drew back her hand and slapped Max round the face. He stood still, shocked into silence. Hilary spun round to face the others, furious tears pouring down her cheeks. "Oh, it's not, is it? That's what all this was about, wasn't it? Setting me up to fight with Kai because he was the only one who had a hope of scaring me enough to summon it? And if he hadn't stopped his attack at the last minute, my blade would've been destroyed, because I wouldn't bring my bit-beast out! And I don't have to think about who's idea this was. Thanks Max. Thanks a whole lot!" Tyson took a few steps forwards, face radiating concern.
"Hil, c'mon-"
"Shut your mouth!" spat Hilary. "I hate you! I hate you all! Just go away and leave me alone! Leave me alone!" She spun on her heel and ran out the door. As her choking sobs faded, there was absolute silence.
Oka-ay! Some beybattling in there, please tell me what you think of it.
Right. Your opinions are desperately needed here. In a few chapters' time, I'm going to have to start writing this again, andI have two points thatI need your opinions on:
1. Some Kai/Ray. not much, and nothing that will distract me or youfrom the plot, hopefully. (A plot? This story has a plot? Why did nobody ever tell me that?)
2. A bit of a Hilary/Max/Tyson triangle, with Hilary having to choose. Or, it could be Max having to choose,I really don't mind.
None of this will start happening until chapter 8, by the way. but, please, please, if you review this, PLEASE tell me your opinion on one or both of the above points. Thank you.