Chapter 17: Sequencing for P2- breathe it in.
"And here we are Ladies and gentlemen with the second phase finally coming! This surprise Phase will be a blast and is a new change in the general pattern. We have already surprises for our prominent bladers from G-Revs! And there's this new opportunity for the newbies to fight off and get this chance to battle the World's most dominant's class bladers!"…
"Guys, I already made the sequence of who is going in which round and you are still not accepting this. This is utter naivety." Kenny sighed and Max casted a doubtful look at Kai and Ray.
They just were stuck on one fact of going in third round despite Kenny explaining and reasoning them tons of times who was suited when to go as per the attacks and strategies that was shown to them.
"Oh, I almost forgot. We have an update, or say edit in P2 pattern. I'm so damned that this pattern is highly unfriendly and complicated. 2/3 rounds win or 3/3 win is eligible and fine for entering in P3." Kenny announced,
Kai almost felt murderous. This was so unplanned, notorious and careless Phase- according to Kai, and yeah me too.
"What do you mean by 'OR 3/3 win?' " Max shook his head,
"I m-mean, its fine as long as if we lose either in round 1 or 2 but round 3 HAS to be won. You better be careful Daichi. It's a complete loss even if we win first two rounds and Daichi loses the third round."
"No change for me," Daichi shrugged, a little irritated.
"Guys, we have Camarya first. And trust me Kai; she is this tough opponent who you can only beat very easily without risking our team to re-enter Phase 1. You can break her fire wind with your arrows very dominantly." Kenny mentioned. Tyson only gave them nervous and naïve looks wondering that this was going nowhere.
"Time is running out. His blabbering will be ending in minutes," Max reminded waving a hand in front of Kai. Kai glared at him.
They were currently in their cabin.
"Fine. I've decided. We are going at Mr. D's office to decide this." Ray said out of blue firmly.
Everyone looked at him in surprise, "That actually seems to be blading somewhere," Daichi blinked,
"Let's go then," Tyson said in seethe.
They ran to Mr. D's office panting but nonetheless gave a polite knock on the door.
"Yeas, come in," An elderly voice said,
"Uh-"
"Don't tell me you all are still fighting for being in third round?" Mr. D said frowning.
"How do you know?" Tyson and Daichi said unison.
"Well, if that's true, then listen up, my opinion is this- Let Tyson or Daichi, either of them battle in round 3. You do not understand. It will be an insult to your team if you re-enter P1 and by selecting Tyson or Daichi for round three, the title will be secured within the team only. Once you lose, there is no break; you won't have even time to readjust your mental confidence to win Phase 1." Mr. D explained.
Kai and Ray looked in disinclination to the old man, "You are caring about the team but not individually us, Mr. D!" Kai blurted.
"Well, this is my opinion, not order. The rest is upon you. I suggest you to go down for the match before everyone starts pointing out the lack of general elites and team unity in the world's best blading team," Mr. D said angrily.
They kept quiet for few seconds. Mr. D's expression slightly softened, "I knew you would say that this pattern of P2 is unfair so I've made slight changed and eased your course, boys." He paused. Kenny sought an answer as he looked at Mr. D questioningly,
"Instead of having one against two in each round, like how you were told previously …" Mr. D stated,
"WE have to battle the two newbies bladers separately and not one against two?" Kenny asked and guessed.
"Yeah," Mr. D smiled half nervous, half glad, "Only for K-Kai,"
"Cool!" Tyson almost choked in relief and surprise. Max nodded optimistically for once. Kai's relieved expressions were short-lived and he still gave those pissed off looks and deathly glares. Ray and Daichi feel aloof guessing it's not applied on them. But seeing that Kai is already on the verge of strangling Dickenson, they keep their calm, almost. Anyway Daichi is getting the opportunity to enter in P3
"Seriously Kai, besides agreeing with Mr. D, Daichi is perfectly fit for the third match and I'm not going to repeat the reasoning for hundredth time," Kenny said jadedly, "I'm not going to tell anything now. Max let's go out of here, let them do WHATSOEVER they like," Kenny said irritated and strode out. Everyone looked more than astonished,
"No surprise, he has been trying explaining us sequencing you guys for P2 since so long…" Daichi rolled his eyes,
"Fine, I will go. Only on one condition." Kai looked at Mr. D
"What?"
"There will never be this bloody pattern from next year!" He blurted and darted off the cabin heading for the battle,
"He was in fury," Tyson laughed sarcastically,
"Obviously," Ray seethed. Ray wasn't happy as well for battling in 2nd round, like he was said he was suited.
…
"And here we have our Newbie blader! Please welcome Camarya!"
"I'm sure Kai has already planned how to wipe her off within the first minute of battle, Jazz. What do you think how long the battle will last?"
"Not sure, let's see!"
"You knew that I would be battling you and yeah, I had no idea I would be facing you up first but never mind I had prepared for it," Camarya smiled darkly and her dark blue hair shone vividly as she launched her blade.
"Let's see," Kai smirked and launched his blade.
"Quencha, finish him with Rapid Furfural attack!" Camarya yelled and within a nanosecond a dark violent- inkish wind was send that rotated at a high speed and covered everything. Kai choked and moved back. It was like some dark poison was given to him. He closed his one eyes and covered his mouth with his hand but looked at the dark wind which was beginning to freeze.
"This was supposed to be fire wind, so why is it freezing?" he asked himself in surprise as slight panick took over him. Camarya smirked darkly as she commanded, "Fling it and finish it! That's it!" she yelled loudly,
Quencha smacked Dranzer and Dranzer's outer ring broke into two within seconds. Everyone gasped at it. Dranzer however was still surviving,
"Dranz-zer!" Kai panicked,
He seethed involuntarily, "Dranzer shoot!" Kai ordered.
Rapid fire arrows were shot at the wind but it was completely unaffected. This aroused extreme worry within the team.
"Kai!" Tyson panicked. Kai seethed at the girl who was sternly looking at the ever growing wind, "You guys were given our data, but we planned something different, something FAIR enough you know, sweetheart." Camarya said darkly and angriness filled.
"I wanted to battle equally. These prominent teams are just using us to test and chose better of YOU, not us. We are just the materials because no matter how many teams come again from Phase 1, we JUST have to fight them again and again without getting any specific status! Hell!" She expressed her fury,
"She is getting it wrong… This is clearly written in the article that this year- all the newbies are selected, who are not USED but given practice. Oh god they double tricked us. We thought we knew them, but we didn't. They knew us actually!" Kenny said in horror.
Tyson deadpanned.
"You mean, all that matches were a façade?" Max asked as he felt a large lump form in his throat.
"Y-Yeah," We need to fight off all of these unknown bladers!" Ray said in extreme fight,
Meanwhile Kai was just watching his blade being mocked quickly and constantly without any avail of his own attacks on Quencha.
"The Fire arrows aren't working!" Tyson shouted,
"No!" Ray squealed, "Kai! Use your fire attacks! Don't stop!"
"Ray?" Kai mumbled. After giving a second thought, he understood what Ray was meaning.
He ordered Dranzer to shoot free arrows and was staring at the aqua freeze carefully. He was depleted out of energy and didn't know what more to do. This was getting complicated. He mustered whatsoever left strength in him. All the arrows joined together and unite to form one which hit the fire-freeze with such vigor that it first busted and second melted. And it got drained off through the bey-drain-hole.
"Wooahh!" Tyson cheered and his strong masculine cheer was noted by Kai who turned and smiled at him genuinely. This was followed by the general chorus and congratulations.
"Well, you've just half won of this match. There is another half, Kai." Camarya smiled darkly and went off.
"And here, we have our surprise to Kai! Please welcome Jade Mendes!" Jazz shouted,
"Jade has not even lost a single match in their matches and always has been the victor. I guess Kai might already knew this,"
"This should be easy," Kai smiled darkly,
"Well…What you saw was all." Jade sighed, "I've not double checked you guys, don't worry," she smiled and that caused Kai to give a light flush. He looked away and began to prepare his blade.
"Three! Two! One!"
The bladers launched their blades and Jade's blade immediately started circling around Dranzer.
"Funzella! Rapid Spin!" She ordered quickly. Kai knew this attack very well. He tried to remember what he had planned for this attack and within seconds he got it. He ordered Dranzer to reverse spin standing in its own position appearing like its spinning normally while Funzella continued revolving speedily around the Dranzer.
"He's weakening," Jade smirked. Kai looked away with eyes on corners.
"We'll see," he said to himself.
Within the next minute, Funzella seemed to be rather weakening. Jade didn't understand anything. She was confused, "Kai didn't do anything except that Dranzer was spinning its original place! What has happened?"
"I got it!" Kenny exclaimed,
"What?" Ray asked.
"Kai used Reverse spin which cancelled the magnetic spin of Funzella and rather weakened it and thus this is it!"
Tyson shifted his eyes from Kenny to the dish where Funzella was no longer spinning!
"And that's over! Kai has cleared the round one!"
"Kenny, is this same for the next two rounds?" Tyson asked.
"No Tyson. Mr. D especially did this for Kai because he was reluctant. Daichi and Ray have to face two bladers at a time."
Ray seethed at how Kai was lucky.
Ray forwarded to the dish. Okay, for this round, I know Marie is coming up with Fushio, let's see who is her partner…
"And here we have Marie coming up! The other blader IS!" Jazzman looked at the audience, "Rahm!"
Ray didn't expect him to come up. He seemed to forget everything about this guy but he shook his head from such pessimistic thought.
"Get read to be mocked down at first go!" Rahm said tiredly to Ray. Ray just glared at him.
"Silence! Here we have the second round!"
The countdown was followed by the launching of blades. Ray launched his blade a little slantingly which was hit by Rahms' blade and thrown in air at the launch itself. Ray immediately regretted that he wasn't careful about the launch and Rahm was subtle about this. He looked at his blade in horror as it was flying in air almost going out of dish. The moment seemed it would at least land on border and it almost did just by touching the ridge; Marie's blade came trotting from other end pushing his blade out of dish.
The match was OVER.
Ray gasped in shock and his eyes widened in horror. His face blanched and he looked at Drigger out of the dish. Everyone looked horrified.
"We told you, already," Marie said as the siblings strode back,
"This was amazing!" Jazzman shouted, "We have new awesome Newbies here! Ray lose, and Marie and Rahm wins this match!"
"What happened to you, Ray?" Max asked worriedly,
Ray slumped on the bench, speechless and dumbfound. The previous scene came on replaying on his mind.
He needed time to go through this. He has been fighting so much with his team for third round and this is what is happened. This was unfair, he though now when he had lost. He wondered and doubted if Daichi would win. Kai's story was different. He's gone and Tyson is future…
There was a break of ten minutes in which the players were given certain instructions and the dish was rearranged and reorganized.
Daichi proudly walked to the dish, "Don't worry! I WILL be the Pro-Champ of this year!"
"Best of Luck!" Max and Tyson wished while Kenny gave thumbs up.
Everything seemed to be faded in Tyson's subconscious background. He looked at Daichi who smiled wildly at him before heading to the dish.
"Daichi! Win this for us! Please!" Ray looked sharply with glinting eyes at Daichi.
"I will, Ray. I will."
Tyson looked at Ray who seemed ardently wanting Daichi to win. Kai smiled at Daichi as well and looked encouragingly. Tyson felt like their team spirit was perhaps a little returning in this moment.
"Guys, I will win this. Not for me, for us, okay?" Daichi smirked and gave thumbs up.
They nodded encouragingly.
"Tyson, you have to keep your right arm not this tight. Relax a little, okay?"
"Like this?" Tyson loosened his arm a little
"Yep, this is fine,"
She tried to tell him a little finely to give him a better access for the launch.
"Hey…"Tyson whispered.
She grinned secretly but looked at the dish.
"Go!"
"Lets' do this!"
"Girls and boys! We have Daichi coming up next!"
"Yeah, and, can anyone guess who will be showing up against them?"
"Yes! Brad, it's Freya and Zack!" Jazzman yelled enthusiastically, "Everyone please welcome them!"
Daichi was very well aware of Zack's attacks and strategies but he had no idea quite much about Freya.
"Get ready to re-enter Phase 1, Daichi!" Zack said darkly with a smug grin.
"Oh yeah, you better get ready to repair your mocked blades which probably wouldn't be even repaired. Hope you have enough money to buy new parts!" Daichi chuckled.
"Let's show him, Freya!" Zack sniggered.
"Let it rip!"
The blades were launched and Daichi was the first one to land in the middle of the dish. The dish was regular one except that there were holes here and there scattered on it and landing in it will bump your blade directly out in air and probably out in the air out of dish and thus an adieu to it.
"Oh man, this must be one of the toughest battles of my life," Daichi looked at the dish and sighed.
"Daichi, please play the third round instead of me."
Daichi knew that he has to be very careful and meticulous regarding any move. One wrong step and they lose it all. What Kai and Ray had fought would just be waste. He himself didn't want to lose. Tyson had wanted him to play in this place and Tyson wanted to battle Daichi in Phase 3 and he wouldn't disappoint Tyson.
A flash of memory hit him as he saw Freya's and Zack's blade coming speedily towards him with perfect curves skipping the holes.
"And here it comes eventually! Girls and boys, give a huge applaud for Robert!"
Tyson looked down, dejected and disappointed. He couldn't believe that he has lost this battle. He walked back through the dark corridors though his teammates kept on calling him. He could hear the various comments of people, 'He isn't a true blader. How can he win once so easily and lose this badly the next time?', 'Kai is the best blader. It's just for the sake of team, Tyson is the champion.', 'He don't deserve the title at all,'
Daichi ran after Tyson but couldn't find him anywhere. He had searched Tyson for the entire day and the sunset was also approaching. Daichi sighed as he sat on the swing of the park that was devoid of any human soul right now.
'Tyson…where are you now?'
Daichi felt bad for him. All those rumors and comments of the bladers and fans were just fake.
Daichi went to hotel and unlocked his room. At that moment he remembered that probably Tyson could be at his room. He went to the next floor and checked his room whose door was open.
He was about to open it with a noise when he saw Tyson sitting on the floor near the bed and keeping his head buried in his hands. He seemed to be silently sobbing. Very silently.
'Hiro, I'm probably not the best blader, Hiro. Please tell me if that's' true. Everyone say that. It's like they tell me lies that I'm the Champion! Why does they lie, Hiro? Why?'
Daichi eavesdropped as he saw Tyson crying to himself and speaking to himself.
"Tyson…" he slowly whispered.
"Why did you leave me Hiro? Why? I still have questions to ask to you. I still need you. I want you to tell me positively that I'm lazy, I'm lagging, I need to work hard, I needn't need to skip my dinner and be active. I need you to scold me and keep me in my place."
Tyson's laments and whispers were heartbreaking and sobering.
"I'm alone, Hiro, I'm all alone. They left me, and then she left me too. I was not right for any of them!" he cried as he told himself,
"They say I'm not the best blader and say that Kai deserves it. I'm so weak…Am I? I need you, Hiro. Please come back. I'm breaking so badly. I will perhaps never be the same. I will never be that laughing thick head grinning Tyson! I will always see the sadness that had broken me, broken me so much. If you ever passed through what I've, then you will understand. Please come back, Hiro, please."
Daichi's eyes filled with tears and for a moment he felt to rip off everyone who made such stupid comments when they themselves perhaps couldn't even hold the blade properly.
…
Daichi shook his head as he returned to present. Strata Dragoon ran in opposite direction skipping their blades who were trying to confuse him and try to put Strata Dragoon in the hole.
"This will NEVER happen." He seethed to himself,
Breathe it in, breathe it out
The weight of it all puts me on the ground
Nothing but darkness all around
Empty bottles of bitter pills
Gimme the poison, we're going down
Me barely breathing, the only sound
Daichi was feeling tired at heart and mind and mentally he was bracing himself with angst. Strata Dragoon was simply running and escaping, just trying not to fall in hole and there seemed nothing else going in the dish. This little scene was replayed a hundred times and Daichi was getting frustrated. He almost fell in the pit and when he thought that he would fall literally, unfortunately he did.
His blade bumped up and flew in the air but it landed back in the dish. Daichi sighed in relief. Daichi frowned at the duo.
"Frey, double punch!" Freya ordered,
"Zay! Blue Venom!" Zack yelled loudly,
Daichi's blade collided with Zay and Frey. Frey's double punch was harsh and the blade almost like seriously double punched Strata Dragoon.
When Zay attacked to which Strata Dragoon also attacked with general collision and reaction, Strata Dragoon sensed some harsh poisonous like metal touching it and Strata Dragoon moved back quickly. There seemed some smell of burning metal.
"Must be your Blue Venom!" Daichi shouted,
"Exactly! Guess you liked it!" Zack shouted.
Daichi's burnt blade was still spinning and the poisonous smell was lingering in the air.
"This battle is over!" Daichi yelled as a sudden idea popped in his mind.
He gave a smug grin and laughed out loud rapidly. The dual opponents looked at Daichi and became furious when he kept on laughing like a manic. Tyson was confused as well.
Freya and Zack thought to end him up and they came running towards Strata Dragoon from opposite directions.
Daichi kept on laughing until the last moment until they were close. Strata Dragoon flew in the air causing Zay and Frey to collide. This immediately caused Frey to be poisoned and burnt. Her entire blade smelled like burnt metal and stopped spinning immediately.
"Must be the great impact!" Ray commented.
"No Zay!" Freya cried, shocked at her blade that was completely burnt now.
"What did you do?" She cried as her blade flew in air and landed beside her.
"I'm sorry, Freya!" Zack cried in stunned grief.
"Finish him, Zack!" Freya cried.
Zack headed and was targeting ferociously Strata Dragoon to beat him for once and finish it.
"Go!"
Strata Dragoon ran away and kept on skipping the holes rapidly. Daichi seethed and tried his best to think up with quick idea.
His edges of blades are very strong and are the only parts to be lined with Blue venom. Right!
Within a minute, Daichi calculated what he was going to do and jumped in the hole.
His Blade flew in the air and it landed again in the hole. Zack was confused but he blurted up laughing when Daichi blade kept on falling in hole and flying in air higher and higher up to the peak of the stadium's ceiling.
Daichi smirked. Just one more time.
Strata Dragoon flew once more in the air and this time, when Zack was busy in laughing, Strata Dragoon landed straight on the middle of the top of Zay causing it to get giddiness right there. The impact was again huge since Strata Dragoon came from a great height.
Daichi repeated the same move and finally ended Zay. Zay vibrated like a person who has been given a severe electric shock.
With that vibration, Zay landed in the hole and thus bumped off the stadium.
"And its over! Girls and boys, please give a HUGE applaud for Daichi! Daichi Sumergai who has become the Pro-Champ of World Championship 2k19!" Jazzman and Brad sung in thrilling and excited chorus as the match ended.
Daichi sighed in relief and smiled to himself. He turned at looked at his teammates who seemed to have no bounds for their joy. He ran towards Tyson who wrapped him in a bone crushing hug followed by Max and Kenny.
Daichi passed out in that hug but he was still smiling. There was still time for Phase 3 and the two rivals were here hugging each other like they themselves were the world champions of this year!
"In the end, it doesn't even matter… Trust me." Tyson heard Daichi mumbling vaguely. Tyson smiled in nostalgia and they took Daichi in their cabin.
This was it. Tyson just couldn't wait to battle Daichi. He was already imagining Dragoon blading and he is roaring in the midst of an afternoon shower. The shower stopped and he opened his eyes,
"Well, here it finally come, it's either me or Daichi. I'm just not sure how am I supposed to think about this battle," he said to himself looking to the sky through the glass panel above.
A/N: Well, I hope this chapter was great? If not, at least good and interesting? Please review for me? :D