Author's Corner: Hey all! What's this? An update so soon after the other chapter? You're kidding, right? Right! No no, I'm not kidding at all. I'm actually updating this right off! Why? Because I really want to get this battle out of the way. XD Hahah. I was watching episodes and everything to day [btw, for RayKai lovers, the Beyblade movie is utterly disappointing, they hardly have ANY action at all in that D:], and taking notes on the battles—okay, no notes were made on paper but I was thinking of them while watching the fights—and I was making sure I had the characters more firmly in my mind. Actually, I think I've been doin' alright with them. So! Anyway! Here is the long awaited chapter five!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of Beyblade or its affiliates. I'm just a poor college student, trying to make a living by scraping up her brain and coming up with interesting scenarios for the characters to play out. Oh wait… I'm not getting paid for this? Then I'm just a VERY poor college student bringing love and happiness to those who want fanfiction that's at least punctuated correctly….
It's Not Just a Game
Ray stepped into the cooler room and blinked in the bright light that shone down on him. The room glinted with metal and strange shapes, and he ventured farther in after Kai, following the stoic and silent man until he finally realized what it was he was looking at. It was an entire amusement park, only… tiny. Or, tiny compared to how big an amusement park really was. He leaned over a Ferris Wheel that stretched up almost to his shoulders and grinned at it, venturing a glance at Kai.
"You have way too much time on your hands, Kai."
"I didn't make it." Kai was pulling out Dranzer, testing her weight in his hands as he watched Ray wander around the scale-sized park, poking at this and that.
"Then your company has too much money to spare." Ray returned with a laugh, turning around. "This is amazing though." He reached forward to touch the tracks of a miniature roller coaster.
"I wouldn't touch that if I were you."
"Hm?" The cat-like man looked up, his finger just centimeters away from the gleaming silver tracks. A second later, a car darted over the area, seeming to come out of no where as it zipped along merrily. Ray snatched his hand back just in time to miss it being run over and frowned at it. "Was that…"
Kai let something of a grin cross his lips. "Razorblades. They're on the edges of the car."
"That's dangerous!"
"For anyone idiotic enough to actually think this was a toy."
Ray frowned for a moment before shrugging and standing straight again. "I guess we can't let Tyson in here, huh?"
Kai grimaced at that. "I hope to never let him in my home."
The other chuckled and stepped back out of the park, walking on smooth concrete until he was standing across from Kai. "You might have a problem with that once I win." He pulled out Drigger and fished around for his ripcord.
"Don't sound so confident."
"I'm very confident." Ray flashed a grin up to Kai, fiddling with Drigger until he was ready. "I take it this is where we're going to be doing our battle?"
"Yes."
Suddenly Ray smiled again. "This reminds me of when we went up against Ozuma and the Saint Sheilds… they had us in an amusement park… and Drigger…" His eyes trailed over to where the Ferris Wheel was slowly spinning.
"You lost against them and you think you can beat me?" Kai barked sharply, clicking Dranzer into place and standing ready, his sharp voice was enough to yank Ray back from the memories of their past and into his home again.
Ray looked down at Drigger and then raised his eyes to Kai. "Of course."
"Then prove it." Kai watched as Ray calmly got into the stance, a change of his eyes and grin coming over him as the other got ready for a battle. That was more like it. Kai wanted this to be a good battle, though it irked him slightly that Ray seemed completely relaxed and well rested while he still had the lingering effects of coffee and a bad night and the memory of a dream that he really didn't want to think about. "Are you ready?"
"More than ready, Kai." Ray grinned. "One!"
"Two!"
"Three! Let it-"
"-rip!"
There was the familiar, if nostalgic sound of the ripcords and then the sound of each blade as it met the faux ground of the amusement park and whirled off in opposite directions. Kai felt Dranzer as she darted around the trees gracefully, spinning on a dime and whipping back around to the white blur that was Drigger. He didn't spare a glance up as he felt her picking up speed at the prospect of actually battling something other than an automated dish and a tiny grin cocked up the corner of his mouth as his eyes narrowed very slightly. "Go Dranzer!" The blue blade whirled forward only to cut into thin air and smack into the wall of a plastic vending stand where Drigger had been spinning idly.
"You'll have to do better than that Kai!"
He barely glanced up, catching the other poised above the beginning battle just like himself, a foolish grin plastered on his face as his golden eyes were fixed on Drigger and Dranzer. He was faster than before, but that didn't matter. Speed meant nothing against Dranzer, they had beaten the speed before, and it was only the beginning of the match. "Heh." He returned his gaze to Dranzer and watched as the chase began around the park, weighing in his mind the movements and dips and spins of Drigger. The way he was moving… was he heavier than usual? Kai frowned and focused his attention on the white blade. "Dranzer! Now!"
Ray grinned in relief as Drigger again easily dipped out of the way of the blazing Dranzer, zipping up and around a merry-go-round to perch on the top. Dranzer was quick to follow, only to kick up on an edge and shoot into the air. "Drigger! Watch out!" He winced as the blue blade came down on its edge at his blade, knocking the white tiger from its place and sending it to spin in the air until landing on the tracks of the roller coaster. Careful Drigger… he thought to the blade as it flew down the tracks, and he could almost feel the comforting weight of the large animal, as if it rested behind him. They would be fine.
He was secretly glad he had kept the weight and magnet in the bottom of Drigger, the metal amusement park meant that it would be easier for him to stick to things and stay in the game. At the moment, Drigger and Dranzer were doing some kind of complicated dance on the roller coaster, darting in and out from one another; each time they hit, sparks flew into the air, lighting the room more than it was and filling the air with a grinding sound as they clashed. Ray gritted his teeth as he noticed the ferocity that Dranzer was attacking with. She had been pent up so long, was she going to take out her frustration on him and Drigger? Well, he couldn't have that. "Drigger!"
Kai scowled as Drigger leaped from the coaster and jetted through the air, landing on the Ferris Wheel. "Dranzer! Don't let him get away!" But Drigger was too fast, and he was gone again as Dranzer followed, leading her on a merry chase around the park. Kai scowled and looked sharply up at Ray, who was following the battle with his eyes. "This isn't just a game, Ray!"
Golden eyes lifted to meet cold marron, and Ray grinned with a hint of hardness lining the expression. "I'm well aware of that Kai." He knew what rested on this battle, and he knew that he didn't want to lose.
"Then stop playing around and get serious! Dranzer!"
"You asked for it, Kai! DRIGGER! Let's show him what we've really got!"
The white blade stopped in mid-flight and whirled around, crashing headlong into Dranzer. The impact caused a loud crash as the two powerful and frustrated bitbeasts clashed. Dust erupted from the area that had gotten pummeled in the collision and blinding light flew out from the spinning tops as the two creatures exploded from their confined spaces and spun and twisted in the air. Red and white clashed in the dust as the two bitbeasts did battle above their respective blades, continuing the complicated dance of power and speed as their bladers stood anxiously by, feeling the power running through their bodies and draining them of their energy. Dranzer sent a powerful slam into Drigger, causing the tiger to fly back against a wall; but the white tiger used the wall and bounded off it, slamming his shoulder into the breast of the phoenix and crashing them both into the ground.
Dust and bits of the flat stadium flew into the air, and both Ray and Kai held up an arm to ward off the mess as it swept out over them. Without wasting the time, Ray ran forward a few steps, feeling the power from Drigger as it trembled along his nerves and leeched his energy. His eyes searched the dust cloud for the blades, and his ears sought in the clattering of falling pieces of broken amusement park the sound of Drigger and Dranzer. As the dust cleared, he grinned to see that the blades were still at it, clashing together within the crater that had been created.
He could see Kai, out of the corner of his eye, as the other became clear from the smoke as well, but didn't raise his eyes from the blades. One blink, one false move, and Kai would take that moment for victory. C'mon Drigger! We've been practicing for this! His eyes pleaded with the white blade as it did a dance so fast around Dranzer that it was nothing but a pale white line. Dranzer met him hit for hit, the spinning blue ribbon that was Kai's blade weaving in and out of the white with Drigger.
Just a little longer Drigger, just a little more, then we can show him. Ray clenched his hand, eyes narrowing on the blades as he searched for an opening, anything, anything at all, that he could use to take Kai by surprise.
He was pleasantly surprised. Really. Kai kept his eyes keenly on the battle as the blades battled it out, fighting head to head for victory. Ray didn't seem as wiped out as he had been in his other battle against him, he wasn't breathing as hard, not nearly as stressed. Or perhaps he had just learned to mask it better. It had been a long time, too long, since he had felt the effects of his energy being drained by the powerful phoenix when she fought, and he continuously flexed his hand to make sure he still had use of his appendages. Of course, he hadn't moved his gaze from the battle, not wanting to give that satisfaction of a blind moment to Ray. He wasn't sure exactly what he was battling for, but it wasn't to keep them from seeing him anymore. No, now he was battling to prove that he could still beat Ray. He felt as if the other had progressed much farther than he had been those years before, he was better, much better. A more challenging opponent. For a moment, Kai regretted his choice to put Dranzer on the shelf, regretting that he hadn't kept up his training, since now he had to push farther than he had to before and he could feel the strain much heavier on his limbs.
"There!"
The sound of Ray's voice snapped Kai out of his regret, and he couldn't do anything as Dranzer spun faster than his eyes could follow, the tip of his edges dipping just under Dranzer before smacking up and sending her flying into the air.
"Drigger! Now! Let's use our Special Attack!"
Kai found himself gritting his teeth against the indignation Dranzer was shrieking at him in his mind, through his body, as Drigger used the fallen amusement park items to leap up after her and slam into her one more time, the roar of the white tiger reverberating off the walls as a flash of white exploded from one blade into the other, sending Dranzer flying even higher into the air, spinning out of control. He glanced at Ray as the other set back, a grin on his strained and sweating face, and he could see the effort it had taken to control and execute that move.
"How's that Kai?"
The man looked pleased with himself as their eyes met, and Kai just smirked. "The battle's not over yet."
Drigger dropped to the ground between them, spinning triumphantly, and Ray looked puzzled. "What?"
"Keep your eyes on the battle Ray, it's not over until one blade stops spinning…" He swiveled his head up and shouted to the falling Dranzer, "It's not over yet!"
There was a swift and violent heated wind, originating from Dranzer as she appeared around the blue blade in a nose dive, headed right for the ground- right on top of Drigger.
Author's Corner: Y'know, I was going to finish the battle right then and there and let you know who won, but then I decided… hey, why not leave it off at a cliff hanger? :D So! That's what you've got. God. I tell you. Dictating a beybattle isn't as easy as it looks on tv. D: I don't think it's nearly as good as it could be…. but I tried? _ Find me a good battle and show me how to write about it, this just seems lame and not nearly as good or interesting as it should be. ; . ; I'm sorry for the horrible fail battle! Here! Have cookies and the knowledge that the next chapter is already started for your appeasers…. #hands out cookies# Hope you like the chapter enough to keep reading! I'll see you next time!
[and for those that caught it, yes, I forgot their attacks, so you've got silent attacks… they were using their braaaaiiiin talk to communicate the attack they wanted to use. XD Yes, we'll go with that.]