Chapter 31: You never deserved to loose.
A/N: Just so as to remind you guys, Tyson and Kai both had met Ryan once, during one championship tournament. Remember? Hilary invited Ryan at G -Rev's place and made Ryan meet them. (Refer chapter, Tyson's Darkness in case you don't remember it or else ask me in review/PM). At that time, Tyson and Kai didn't now that Ryan had a brother as well, that is, Nyhan. Now, when Tyson and Kai have encountered Nyhan in tournament, they still don't know that Nyhan is Ryan's brother.
Kai looked brutally at Lyan whose red eyes were covered under his golden bangs; "I told you I will win," Kai gave a final look,
"You think so Kai?" Lyan smirked callously.
Kai looked at the Lyan in utter surprise and fear and looked at the dish. Pribnow came out barreling against the stones and rocks out of the caves and the red scorching eyes of Lyan glinted in mischief, "I'm not easy, Kai," Lyan smirked dreadfully,
"Oh no, this battle isn't over! Girls and boys, hold on! Lyan is back!" Brad squealed in excitement,
"Wow Lyan, you're so cool," Nyhan laughed,
"Dranzer, finish him!" Kai ordered,
"Yeah, come Dranzer," Lyan mocked,
Pribnow was pummeled again and it crashed against the caves but it sped quickly towards Dranzer and landed on its top and began slamming it on top,
Dranzer shook and Pribnow fell on the dish's ground. "Pribnow, we have no choice, this is our last chance," Lyan smiled tragically at Pribnow,
"What is he about to do?" Julyan asked worriedly. Nyhan was frozen,
"Pribnow, golden breeze," Lyan smiled,
Nyhan swerved from his seat and abruptly stood, "Idiot, stop it! What are you doing?"
"Lyan, this is going way too far! Use Red Scorchers' Red flames. You know we can win, why are you delaying it!" Julyan roared,
"Red flames?" Tyson shook his head,
"No Julyan, I will never use Red Flames," Nyhan said softly with a sad smile, "Ryan used it last and I will always keep it save in my memory. If I use it, I'm digressing his memory. I will not use it. Ryan…how can I forget you…?"
Tyson's eyes widened sanely and he stared at Lyan, "Ryan…he was a teammate of Red Scorchers, Hilary probably knew it,"
"Ryan…he was from Red Scorchers…"Max interrogated, absentmindedly,
"Golden breeze, Pribnow," Pribnow spun with its greatest speed it could muster, creating a small tornado locally. Kai was waiting to see if this little tornado would try to engulf Dranzer and he knew what exactly he has to do. However the tornado didn't expand.
The tornado seemed to be dissolved in air and it seemed to be dead.
"You're over Lyan, you're weakening," Kai mocked, "You're spinning but internally Pribnow is drained,"
"Yes Kai, Pribnow is weakening, indeed. But Dranzer…" Lyan tilted his head back in tiresome feeling and softness,
"Huh?" Kai looked at Dranzer and Dranzer seemed to be weakening, "What?" Kai gasped. Kai tried mustering energy but no matter how much he did and tried, Dranzer's energy and momentum was linearly retarding. Pribnow was draining too. Both the blades began slowing to spin,
"Shit, Lyan used that golden breeze to send molybdic crystals released in air which works like retarder,"
"Means?" Ray and Tyson asked in unison,
"It works just how like strong wine weakens a person! It's weakening both the blades!"
"Both will lose in that case!" They yelled,
"No…" Kenny looked horrified, But I don't think that BOTH will lose.
"And both the blades are losing their vigor; let's wait to see who wins! This match will not last for long! Hold your breaths, people!" Brad yelled,
Pribnow and Dranzer were spinning very vaguely. Tyson gulped, his eyes not even blinking for seconds. He could remember his battle against Kai in Third year of Championships. That is how their battle was ending, he won marginally.
Shit…
No…
Hold on Kai…
Hold on…
Hold on, please…
Hold on Kai! You deserve to win this, I mean it!
Hold-
Kai fell on the ground. All the eyes blinked in shock and huge surprise.
"And it's OVER! PRIBNOW STOPPED SPINNING AFTER DRANZER DID!"
"BY MARGIN OF TWO SECONDS!" Jazzman yelled,
"SO LYAN WINS THIS BATTLE! EVENTUALLY! YES! THIS IS A TIE!" Brad squealed happily,
"There will be a tie-breaking match as round 4, to decide who will be the winning team of 2020!" Mr. D announced, "Seeing that out of three rounds, one is tie and other two equal wins, there will be another match."
"Both the teams can select their players for round 4," Brad said,
"Excuse me Brad," Mr. D interrupted, "I declare that round 4 will be against the two bladers that we will select. This match needs no consult from the team unless they want BOTH two teams to be rather declared as winners,"
Both the team's players growled. Kai stood up weakly and tethered towards his team. Lyan walked with a content fragile smile on his face. Julyan helped him take to their cabin,
Kai tethered towards his teammates with a defeated sigh and dismay on his face. Tyson walked towards his cabin leading the team behind with an unsure demeanor. As Kai was about to say something, his vision blurred and slipped but Tyson caught him in his arms, "Hey, you okay, Kai?"
"Do we need a Doctor here?" Max asked befuddled,
"No, I'm alright," Kai whispered loudly and tethered onto the hallway to their cabin.
The hallway was dark, with bare lights making the expanse visible. Dranzer…
Kai slipped down smoothly against the wall and sat on the floor, I'm sorry, we couldn't win. I'd you there insulted. I'm sorry that we couldn't win. I thought we could become the World Champions but sadly fate wasn't on our side. It's rude and cruel and unfair in many ways. I tried Dranzer, I tried so hard but in the end this battle doesn't matter.
….
"I request Tyson Granger and Nyhan Finlay to make their ways to the dish for the tie-breaking match of Championships 2020." Mr. announced.
"Uhmm," Brad looked befuddled,
"But we CAN choose the members ourselves, Mr. D," Ray said demandingly,
"I'm afraid you can't Ray," Mr. D said coolly, "In case you don't abide by my choice, I've no option rather than declaring both the teams as winners. You want me to do that?"
Ray scowled while Nyhan rolled his eyes. "This should be easy," Nyhan said loosely,
"Where's Tyson?" Everyone looked around.
...
Kai tripped once again as he tried to walk. A feeling of guilt and anger was overtaking him, but his physical weakness was still overshadowing everything.
"Argh," Kai groaned in pain and winced impulsively.
"Kai... are you alright?" Tyson was cautious and he approached his Captain softly. Tyson examined him and somehow his eyes were moistened and angered.
"What are you doing here, Tyson?" Kai asked in a low tone, his voice heaving heavy breaths as he struggled to speak,
"Doesn't matter." Tyson crouched down to his level and kept a hand on Kai's knee, "I don't mean to disrespect you. You're still our Captain. But I've come here to check you if you're okay." Tyson said politely, scared inwards if Kai would rash out at him.
"I'm okay, Tyson. You don't have to worry about me. Go and take your title." Kai said jadedly.
"Nyhan is probably battling next, be careful." Kai said.
"Don't worry about that, I'll win my match, hopefully..." Tyson sighed. Kai scowled painfully as his body burned and ached.
"Kai..." Tyson whispered, his eyes were looking down, in sadness and disinclination, "How... How did you loose your match, Kai... That wasn't supposed to end that way. You deserved to win against Lyan. How did you loose..." Tyson looked at Kai and smiled sadly.
Kai could say that Tyson indeed wasn't happy about his failure.
"Aren't you happy that you can take your title once again?" Kai tittered slowly.
Tyson looked away slightly, "I don't know about title, Kai. I just know that you deserved to win against Lyan. It's okay..." Tyson said, baffled by his own emotions right now.
"Tyson, stop sympathizing with me. It seems you're being sarcastic. Just leave me alone and take that damn title before we loose," Kai said with rebuff.
Tyson didn't say anything and immediately hugged his captain softly. That bewildered Kai and he gasped slightly. Tyson closed his eyes, "Since when we had become so bitter, Kai... When?" Tyson whimpered.
"Since long back," Kai said calmly, gulping the maelstrom.
"Tell me my mistakes, where was I wrong? Was I too naive? Too egoistic? Too disobedient? Too idiotic?" He mentioned all those traits one by one softly in reverence.
Kai gently pushed him away, not that Tyson was feeling that, "You just go away, Tyson." Kai said in a deep tone, "We are rivals and this rivalry has started since so long and now it's not possible to just let it go." Kai said in a heavy tone, struggling to utter anything.
"Kai, it's okay. You may continue behaving and feeling the way you want to." Tyson smiled nostalgically and shook his head slowly, "I understand, but if you ever wanna battle me, I'm ready, anytime, anywhere. It never needs to be in the dish in the stadium," Tyson said wistfully.
Kai showed him a thumbs up, his eyes crumbled up closed tight.
"Once again, I'm pushing aside my stupid ego aside, and I'll say this: I'm sorry for everything that have made you felt angry, cross, jealous, hard on me. I've felt hurt when you lost against Lyan. You deserved to win. It was just that someone who's writing your fate doesn't want you to win, or else, this victory was all yours. YOU NEVER DESERVED TO LOOSE."
Tyson stood up and to head towards the dish,
"Tyson, " Kai called.
"Huh? " The brunette turned.
"Tyson, good luck." Kai gave a hard smile out of depleting energy.
Tyson smiled back. He ran after turning; towards the dish outside.
...
Tyson looked at Ray, "Look Ray, I'm going to battle whether you like it or not and yeah, I will be the ninth time Champion in a row," He said very sedately,
Ray gave a horrid look to him, "Sorry to everyone in this team who don't want me to battle but; anyways, I'm going," Tyson smiled,
As Tyson was walking towards the dish, he turned and glanced at Kenny, "Won't wish me luck, Chief?"
"Best of luck, Tyson. You will win, I know," Kenny smiled in full confidence,
"Same here, Tyson!" Daichi and Max shouted chirpily as well,
…..
"So, here we come for our eventual battle of 2020. Please welcome, our beloved Tyson Granger who didn't make any appearance till now in any battle this year VS Nyhan Finlay!" Jazzman said exuberantly,
"Hi there, Tyson," Nyhan smiled. Tyson gave the same smile to him formally and looked at the dish that was revealing up in front of them.
"I knew I would appear in 4th round, but I'd no idea that I'd face you. I thought it'd be Kai again and I was convinced he'd be pretty easy. Lyan made the things little complicated but I wouldn't had,"
"Then," Tyson said firmly,
"But yeah, Kai is pretty much kicked out from his conditions so I'm anyways glad, I will be facing someone who the worlds called 'Champion'."
"Lucky you," Tyson grinned sarcastically,
"Bladers, are you ready?"
"Just don't make this battle a tie, please. Will you, Tyson?" Nyhan said as he inserted his ripcord in his blade,
"I won't," Tyson launched his blade,
"Let it rip!" Nyhan swiveled his hand and launched his blade,
"Wow, this battle should be amazing," Nyhan said innovatively,
"Hope so," Tyson was thinking something else, he wasn't exactly concentrating.
"Hey Nyhan, can I ask you something if that's okay?" Tyson asked,
"Sure," Nyhan slightly raised his eyebrow,
"Who was Ryan?" Tyson asked,
"Our teammate." Nyhan said suspiciously looking at Tyson, "Why are you thinking he 'was'?"
"Don't YOU know?" Tyson asked. Dragoon clashed against Niey, Nyhan's blade,
"Neiy, careful," Nyhan ordered,
"You didn't answer my question," Tyson said subtly,
"I know. But how come you know?" Nyhan said glaring at Tyson,
"I met Ryan once." Tyson said,
"Oh," Nyhan nodded, "Sorry, I took it in the wrong way,"
"It's okay. But your teammate was a very cheerful and kind person, really," Tyson smiled, guessing that Ryan was probably their teammate.
"Yeah…but he wasn't just my teammate, Tyson," Nyhan said with a sad smile,
"Huh?"
"Ryan was my brother…" Nyhan looked at Tyson clearly tearful suddenly,
"Hey…what are you saying?" Tyson was dumbstruck.
"He died a few months ago," Nyhan said. Niey and Dragoon seemed to be fighting on their own with various moves, just like their masters have left them on their own.
"I'm sorry, Nyhan. I'm very sorry for your brother." Tyson said sympathetically,
"Hey, its okay. That wasn't your fault." Nyhan laughed in dismay, "It was my fault and probably not even his girlfriend's fault,"
Tyson knew where this was going but he still wasn't ready to reveal that he was Hilary's friend. So he pretended to be curious,
"Actually yeah, he had a girlfriend, I think he liked her and I met her, she's a nice person, a sweet girl but a little naïve and slow in understanding people," Nyhan laughingly smiled,
Huh? Tyson raised an eyebrow secretly, Hilary and slow in understanding people. Really? Is Nyhan just assuming things?"
"I don't know how she's now but she indeed loved him. I just wished she could have saved him. She could have but sadly she didn't. But I've stopped accusing her. I was equal at blame," Nyhan explained,
"When I met Ryan, he seemed a jolly person but I got a brief idea that he wasn't entirely well like he looked, there was something wrong. We weren't so close so I thought I would appear like pestering him asking, so I ignored, we didn't meet after that," Tyson said with a shrug,
"Ryan was older than me, he taught me blading and we met Julyan and Lyan when we were in school level. We friended them quickly and within a year, became close friends and formed our team. We were good at blading, no one ever defeated us but life has some stories, we never got time to step out of our confined home lives and livelihood to enter the championships." Nyhan said with a sweatdrop and nervousness; suddenly a picture of his mother coming in his mind,
"Hey, I know we are opponents right now, but it's just for the battle. We are friends and you can talk to me and share with me anything. I will console you and help you in any case," Tyson said with unsure smile,
"Ha ha, thanks, Tyson," Nyhan smiled, "You can do the same,"
"Thanks," They stopped talking and just looked at their blades which were fighting on their own fiercely,
"You know, I felt bad for you when Kai said that to me," Nyhan said evocatively,
"Ah, but-"
"I know how bad you must have felt seeing that your own teammate is behind you to snatch up your title, and ruin you." Nyhan said politely, "I'm not mocking you, sorry; but I understand you now, I think," Nyhan said,
"It's fine. He tried but couldn't take my title; it's alright," Tyson said, suddenly the sharp pain of Kai getting defeated by Lyan hitting him.
"Trust me Tyson, I'm not battling here to take your TITLE, it's not for that, it's because I want our team to win and I would have given this place to anyone, whether it would be Lyan or Julyan or…Ryan." Nyhan explained, "I am not here to snatch your title with that intent. I've no interest in the title; I'm interested in letting my team wins. It's neither to let you down nor for becoming the champion myself,"
"I get it," Tyson nodded, "But we will fight in the best way we can,"
Nyhan gave an agreeable nod. "Neiy, let's end this quickly, Red Flames."
Tyson's eyes widened at hearing the attack's name, "Go Neiy!"
"Dragoon," Tyson groaned too, "we will do our best. We got a chance to win, so we will give it our all!" Tyson said enthusiastically.
Nyhan and Tyson hollered simultaneously, and there was a big blast covering the entire stadium. Red flames were emitted by Neiy that covered Dragoon, and almost engulfed it. Tyson hovered and Dragoon did the same. Dragoon shot its prominent Tornado attack and then the smokes of attacks had a façade on the dish.
Tyson kept a protective arm in front of him and coughed. Nyhan moved back and waited patiently.
"Sorry Tyson, but I really sense that Dragoon has lost. Red flames has incinerated and blazed Dragoon. I think you saw that a little?" Nyhan asked sincerely and apologetically,
"Might be you're right but I trust Dragoon. We will win," Tyson grinned.
They waited patiently for two seconds with curiosity dwindling in their eyes and as the smoke cleared, there were two blades still spinning.
"I told you so," Tyson laughed,
"But-" Nyhan looked a little perplexed,
"Draaggoonn! Go!" Tyson bellowed powerfully mustering all his courage,
"Neiyyyy! Give it your all!" Both the blades trotted menacingly towards each other and there was a lethally strong clash between the two blades and a big blast with such a horrendous impact that it threw both the bladers at least a mile away,
"Tyson you okay?" Max caught Tyson and Tyson felt as if his all bones in the body are fractured, he couldn't get up, and he winced in pain. He still stared hopefully at the stadium.
Nyhan landed on Lyan and both of them struggled to get up. Nyhan tried getting up but he plummeted on the floor as he tried so.
Tyson's head was spinning, his body in tremors and eyes blurring. He passed out. "Tyson! You okay!" Nyhan yelled from the distance,
Nyhan tried getting up but Julyan prevented him, "Tyson has his friends to take care of him, you are already half broke, Nyhan."
"Tyson… we have to take him to the cabin." Ray said, as Tyson got unconscious.
A/N: Hey! Thanks so much for the reviews! That means a lot! Really. ^_^
And... on a serious note, I had no intention of offending the readers by letting Kai loose against Lyan. It was just his fate. He almost won, but the Golden Breeze destroyed everything. Lyan won by luck, you can say that, because obviously Kai didn't had idea about that move of Lyan and he lost energy at the crucial moment.
So… yep, Tyson had to battle in round 4, as a tie breaking match. The results will be announced in the next chapter and I guess, many of you would probably make guesses.
But I guess, one thing that was nice in this chapter was that conversation of Captain and Champion, right? You agree? ^_~
Reply to the guest: Thanks so much for waiting, my curious girl ^_~ I hope you liked this chapter. :D Thanks so much for reviewing!
And as for Ellie's father, that will be soon unveiled. :D
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