The day of the tournament has arrived; everyone was pumped up and excited.
"I wish Grandpa could come, he would love to see this live!" said Makoto to his friends waiting for their turn to battle,
"Grandpa? Do you mean your great-grandfather?" Mark asked leaning against the wall with his arms crossed,
"Yeah, but lets face it, he still thinks he's as young as an average grandpa," shrugged Makoto,
"Where is he anyway?" Cam asked typing away on her computer,
"Nursing home, and sometimes, the BBA and that drives Hiro nuts," Makoto answered.
The speaker called for the next group of bladers for the preliminaries rounds,
"I'm up," said Mark and headed out for his battle,
"Good luck buddy!" said Makoto and gave him a thumbs up,
"Yeah, you too," said Mark and nodded.
Makoto and Cam watched in the seats,
"Hey look over at that dish over there!" Cam pointed to one of the many beyblade dishes out there for the preliminaries. There stood 'Trench jacket boy' according to Makoto, but Cam remembers him by,
"It's Gou," she said,
"Trench jacket boy?" Makoto asked,
"Yeah! The brother of the girl that beat you!" said Cam,
"Don't bring that up!" Makoto exclaimed with a vein.
"BLADERS GET READY!" J.P. (D.J.'s son) shouted,
"3-2-1-Let it Rip!"
"Hey Cam, what are you doing?" Makoto asked,
"I want to see Gou's battle tactics," said Cam typing and observing,
"Ooh, good idea," said Makoto.
"How's Mark doing over at his dish?" Cam asked not looking up,
"Uh, he's hanging in there…GO MARK!" Makoto shouted.
Mark heard him,
"Sure Makoto …Draciel! Let's show everyone our strength!" Mark shouted, and soon, Draciel knocked out every blade in his dish leaving him the winner.
"YEAH! Mark won!" Makoto cheered standing up.
Gou looked over at the dish that Makoto was screaming at and noticed the quick win the blonde boy did,
"Two can play at that game," he thought and smirked,
"Attack! Scale Storm!" he shouted knocking out all the blades,
"Whoa!" Cam exclaimed,
"What?" Makoto asked sitting back down.
"That boy, Gou, he's strong," said Cam trembling.
"…He doesn't look that tough!" said Makoto and Cam anime falls,
"Looks can be deceiving!" Cam snapped.
"Yeah, yeah, I don't care about Rattail Boy, I just want to know where his sister is," said Makoto,
"…How many names do you have for him?" Cam asked completely ignoring Makoto's question.
Makoto and Cam's preliminaries matches:
Mark watched from the seats this time as he watches Makoto in one dish and Cam in another.
"Good thing they weren't put at the same dish," Mark thought.
Makoto wanted to finish the battle quick, but he wanted to show off too so he took the blades down one at a time. Cam on the other hand was nervous; she was using the top her dad invented, which is a beyblade that bounces.
"You can do it, Cam!" Mark shouted cheering on his friend. Then he noticed one dish over to the right, was the girl Makoto blade before; Kaiya.
"…She's not even trying," said Mark out loud.
Kaiya was just standing there letting other blades battle each other and those that attacked her blade only bounced off it.
Soon, after about half the people in Kaiya's dish were knocked out, half of the half went after Kaiya's blade.
"She's outnumbered," Mark thought.
Then Kaiya's blade started to attack back, knocking one blade after another out of the dish like it was nothing. Kaiya won over at her dish along with Makoto and eventually, Cam did as well.
"You won! That was awesome!" Makoto said happily as he pulls Cam into and hug and was moving back and forth,
"Calm down!" said Mark,
"I was just lucky," said Cam releasing herself from Makoto.
"Okay, so now, we just have to win a couple of rounds and I'll see one of you two in the final round!" said Mark,
"Yeah!" Makoto agreed,
"O-okay…" Cam agreed shyly.
One round after another, these bladers won every round, but, the competition is narrowing down…
Gou vs. Cam:
"AAHH! I'm dead!" Cam whimpered.
"You're not dead!" Mark argued with her even though he was trying to comfort her,
"I can't do this! My blade won't stand a chance!" Cam whimpered,
"You can do it…speaking of which, you're up now!" said Makoto and pushed her out to the stadium.
Cam trembles her way up to the beyblade dish.
Cam kept staring at her feet avoiding her opponent's glare…if he was glaring.
"Hi there!" he said cheerfully and Cam looked up at him.
"My name's Gou! I saw you with that boy that lost to my sister, Kaiya. I've watched some of your battles and I gotta say, that's an interesting top you have there," Gou complimented,
"Uh, thanks? I think," said Cam nervously fiddling with her fingers.
"So…are we going to beybattle or not?" Gou asked after a bit of silence. Cam blushed from embarrassment,
"Oh! Uh, yeah," she replied and got her blade and launcher along with Gou.
"3-2-1-Let it rip!"
"Cam is shaking," said Mark as he and Makoto watch the battle,
"She's needs a confident boost; I mean, I can take him no problem!" said Makoto confidently and Mark sweat drops,
"There's a difference between being confident and being over confident," said Mark.
"I can do this, I can do this," said Cam to herself as Gou's blade circles around hers.
"Hey, relax there," said Gou and Cam looked up at him.
"W-What?" Cam asked shyly,
"Relax; you look like you're scared of me beating you up or something. This is a beybattle, you're supposed to have fun. You just look scared out of your wits. You don't think I'm that good am I?" Gou asked and gave a small grin.
"Well, I heard you won many small tournaments in both Japan and Russia a few years ago. You were the youngest yet the strongest blader," said Cam,
"Yup, that's me, but I'm here only for one reason; and that reason is to beat my sister," said Gou and looked over at ahallway where Kaiya was standing, waiting for him.
"So, I have to beat you, no matter how sweet the lady is," said Gou looking back at Cam,
"Well…I'm here for a reason too! And that is to become a strong beyblader! So I have to beat you! No matter how smart you actually sound!" said Cam pretty loudly and Gou does an anime fall.
"SAY WHAT?" Gou shot back up,
"I have my sources, and I know that you're not the brightest bladers around here…" said Cam shaking her head.
"That does it! Lets finish this…Lets go, Dragix! Scale Storm!" Gou shouted and Cam started panic again, she can't dodge a bit beast attack. She shuts her eyes, and when she opened them again, the dish was empty except for Gou's blade circling around. She looked around her to find her blade in one piece. Gou called his blade back,
"Ready for Round 2?" He asked with a smirk,
"…No," said Cam picking up her blade.
"Excuse me?" Gou asked raising an eyebrow.
"I…I said no, I've seen the power of your blade and I've seen your skills throughout the tournament and well, I can tell that you've been training a lot and for a long time, I only started blading about a year ago," said Cam,
"I see…So you're just going to give up? You're not going for another chance to beat me?" Gou asked,
"No, but…I know that I've tried my best!" said Cam and smiled.
"…Kay! If that's what you want!" said Gou,
"I forfeit!" Cam told J.P.
"WHAT?" Makoto and Mark exclaimed.
"Cam, why?" Makoto asked while they wait for the next battle,
"For the last time Makoto, I didn't stand a chance!" Cam argued,
"But it's no excuse!" Makoto argues back,
"Just get off her back, Mako," said Mark getting tired of the fighting.
"No way," said Cam looking down at the last match before the semi-final,
"What is it?" Makoto asked.
"It's Kaiya, squaring off against her own brother!" Cam exclaimed pointing.
"WOW! I never thought I'd get a chance to see two Hiwatari blading each other!" Mark said excitedly,
"Let's see how good they are then," said Makoto.
"This is it, Sis, to see who really is the best Hiwatari blader!" said Gou getting ready to launch,
"Yes…lets see if I'll remain the best or you'll take back the glory," said Kaiya with a small smirk and got ready to launch as well.
"3-2-1-Let it rip!"
The two blades collided and attacked each other non stop.
Mark gulped,
"They look like they want to kill each other," he said gritting his teeth.
"I know," said Cam agreeing and was ready to get into a crouching position in case they blow something (or even each other) up.
"THIS IS SO COOL!" Makoto exclaimed and the other two anime fall.
"The way they battle, the passion they're showing, the skills, and the action! This is probably one of the best battles I've seen!" said Makoto keeping his eyes glued to the battle.
The two blades swayed side to side and then pushes against each other,
"You have to try harder than that, little brother," smirked.
"Gr…I will! Dragix! Heaven Meteor Shower!"
"Dranzer! Volcano Flame Sniper!"
The two attacked with fire and light colliding. The dish cracked and broke; the small explosion also knocked the bladers back and fell on their backs. Kaiya stood back up; the force wasn't very hard on her while Gou stayed lying down waiting for the smoke to clear. But he didn't have to, his blade was right next to him and when the smoke cleared, the blue blade was still spinning in the broken dish and flies back to the owner's hand.
"I win," said Kaiya,
"…Lucky," Gou mumbled and looked away.
"Round 2?" Kaiya asked and Gou shook his head.
"No," he said and stood up, then walked away.
"That was so cool…" said Makoto in a whisper, still in awe.
"Okay, Makoto, it's the semi-final, so if you and I win our next match, we'll face off in the final!" said Mark before Makoto heads for his semi-final match.
"Yeah! By the way, Mark, who am I blading against?" Makoto asked and Mark sighs.
"I'm blading that girl, Kaiya and you are b-"
"WHAT? You got KAIYA? That's not fair! I wanted to beybattle her!" Makoto pouted.
"Well…you're blading a girl too," said Mark,
"I am?" Makoto asked, confused.
"Yeah, and you better get out there now!" said Mark and pushed him out towards the stadium.
Makoto walks up to the dish (new dish actually) and waited for his opponent.
"Where is she? Mark said it was a girl, but I haven't seen any other good bladers besides Kaiya…then again, I don't watch any battles that don't have my friends or Kaiya in it," said Makoto to himself.
Then, right before Makoto was about to complain that his opponent wasn't there, a figure was moving toward the stadium from their side of the hallway that leads to the stadium. And slowly, the figure reveals itself. As the shadowy figure becomes clearer, Makoto could see very long hair being swayed side to side as the person walked so Mark was right, it was a girl. The colors of light pink, white, and black were revealed on the clothing. Then her light white colored, fingerless gloves and her silk like skin revealed itself. And finally, her soft face, with cat yellow eyes, a white colored ribbon tying up her ponytail of long pink hair with black at the ends of her hair and for her bangs as well as give her cat-looking ears, and if you look closely, you can see a fang from her mouth. (If you remember Ray's outfit from seasons one and two with the clothing extending down to his ankles, that's the type of clothing she has except the designs are just different and yes, girls can where those kinds too.) As she got closer and up to the beyblade dish, Makoto also noticed that she wore a worn out headband with the yin-yang symbol on it.
"…I don't remember seeing you in this tournament," said Makoto and she just stared,
"That was kind of rude you know," she said plainly and folded her arms.
"Oh! I'm sorry! I guess it's my own fault for not watching all the battles in the first place! My bad!" said Makoto and gave her a big grin and puts a hand behind his head.
"Oh! I'm Makoto! Son of the World's Beyblading Champion!" said Makoto pointed to himself and saying it proudly.
"My name is Rayna, you don't need to know everything about me yet, Makoto," said Rayna and the two shook hands,
"Alright, let's battle!" said Makoto and the two reached for their launchers and blades and got into position.
"3-2-1-Let it rip!"
"Let's go Dragoon!"
"Your Dragoon won't stand a chance against my tiger bit beast, Makoto!"
"Oh yeah? Dragoon! Phantom Twister!" Makoto shouted started up a storm,
"I'm sorry, Makoto, but I've been training for this reason, my reason for all my hard work, is to defeat the son of Tyson/Takao Granger/Kinomiya!" said Rayna fiercely,
"DRIGER! TIGER SLASH!"
Her blade sped up and seemed to have disappeared for the time being, but then, Dragoon got attacked constantly and it went flying past Makoto.
"Dragoon!" Makoto ran to pick up his blade and it had three huge scratch marks on it, like a tiger actually attacked it. But luckily, his bit chip was spared.
Driger goes back to Rayna's hand,
"Not to be rude, but is that the best you can do?" Rayna asked, but not in a rude way, just in a question way.
Makoto was speechless; she defeated him faster than Kaiya defeated him. Then again, Kaiya was toying with him.
"Dragoon can't last another round in this condition," Makoto thought.
"MAKOTO!" Makoto looked up to see Mark and Cam running towards him,
"Guys, what are you doing here?" Makoto asked and walked towards them,
"I forgot to upgrade your blade before your match, I'm sorry!" said Cam panting,
"Wait, you knew how powerful she was?" Makoto exclaimed (I would have both the exclamation mark and the question mark but it won't let me do that).
"Well duh! That's why I told you to see Cam before your battle, remember?" Mark asked,
"Nope," said Makoto shaking his head.
"Here," Cam took Dragoon and did a quick repair,
"Against someone like Rayna Kon, we have to reassemble your entire blade!" said Cam and does some finishing touches,
"Kon? I've heard that last name before…" said Makoto with his hand on his chin.
"There! Done!" said Cam and handed Dragoon back to Makoto.
"Whoa, this is a cool attack ring," said Makoto looking over his blade, impressed.
"You ready for Round 2?" Rayna asked,
"…yeah," Makoto nodded.
"Be careful, Mako, Rayna's got the fastest blade I've ever seen in my life! She also has the best endurance," Cam warned,
"You better win, Makoto!" Mark shouted even though he was only a few feet away from the dish.
"You bet I will!" said Makoto and gave his friends a thumbs up.
"You have good friends you know," said Rayna as the two got into position.
"The best around," said Makoto,
"3-2-1-Let it RIP!"
"Go around and attack Driger!"
"Not so fast! Dragoon, take the hit and counter it!"
Driger hits Dragoon and would've send Dragoon flying but Dragoon leaned towards Driger keeping itself from going too far like a car's break. Then Dragoon pushes against Driger more and attacks back.
"Now Dragoon! Attack!"
Dragoon spins up a tornado and takes Driger into it,
"What?" Rayna wasn't expecting that.
"Time to say bye-bye to the kitty!" said Makoto doing a small bye motion with his hand.
Rayna tends to attack back but Driger was send flying up and landed out of the dish.
"Round 2 goes toooooooo…me!" said Makoto proudly.
"…Hn, I just let my guard down. But, not bad in your comeback," said Rayna and gave a small smile picking up her blade.
"Thanks!"
"But I came here to win, and prove that I am a worthy opponent to Dragoon," said Rayna and got her blade ready,
"Well, bring it on!"
"3-2-1-Let it rip!"
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