A/N: Just so you guys know; I went back and added a description of Keisha in chapter two. It's just a brief 2-3 lined description of what she looks like and what she wears, just so you can get a good picture in your head of what she looks like. It's at the beginning, when Max first enters the room and sees her there. Obviously, it's not terribly important, but I thought I'd let you know anyway. Anyway, hope you like this chapter. I'm working on the next one now. Hopefully it's be out really soon.... *crosses fingers*. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade, but i do, however, own the members of Villikosto.
Keisha smiled down at all the people below her as she watched them through the huge windows with excitement.
Her team and her were all standing on an upper level of the BBA building, leaning or looking over the railing as they starred out the windows below them on the front. The fans were all standing behind barricades outside as they waited impatiently and excitedly to be allowed in. They were all crowding around the sides of the walkway which was barricaded off, much the same as the red carpet when celebrities arrived. They would be allowed in the building as soon as all the teams arrived and were safe inside.
"Hey, look!" The redhead exclaimed excitedly. "There's the first limo now! Wonder who it is."
The limo doors opened and the fans went wild as G-Revolution exited the car, accompanied by the usual entourage.
"G-Revolution." Victoria stated. She was leaning on the railing of the upper level with her arms resting on the rails as she watched the doors open with interest.
G-Revolution entered the building, the air momentarily vibrating with the deafening screams from the crowd until the doors closed and there was silence again. The small team laughed and talked amongst themselves as they walked, oblivious to the team above watching them.
"They're gonna be tough to beat." The blonde-streaked brunette commented thoughtfully.
Demetra watched them disappear down a long corridor, where their locker room was, with hawk-like eyes before finally speaking.
"Yes." She said tonelessly, eyes still on the now empty corridor as if still seeing the team which had just occupied it. "It'll be our biggest test and challenge. But we can do it."
The four girls turned back to the front doors as the air erupted with an ear-piercing racket once again.
"Ooo!" Keisha cooed excitedly. "It's The White Tiger's! I love those guys, they've got so much character."
"They're not gonna be an easy win either." Victoria commented. "They really hauled ass in the Worlds a few months ago."
"It's not what they are, it's what they're not." Demetra replied. "And they're not going to beat us. We're a stronger team then they are and we've got much more focus. We will beat them."
Keisha looked up at Kage, realizing that she was the only one who hadn't commented yet. The redhead blinked in astonishment as she noted the intense amethyst eyes locked on the team below her. Keisha followed the older girl's gaze and grinned when her eyes fell on the White Tiger's team Captain; Ray Kon.
Looking back at Kage, Keisha's grin widened until it threatened to crack her face.
"Oooo! A sexy feline catch your eye, Kage?"
Kage tore her gaze away from the team and looked to the side, closing her eyes as she snorted indignantly. But despite her indignance, there was a slight flush on her cheeks.
"Don't be stupid, Keisha." Demetra said bluntly. "Kage's more then skilled enough not to let such petty things distract her."
Keisha looked back at Kage to see the girl's eyes open again. She was starring off to the side with a small frown on her face, but her cheeks still held a slight pinkish tinge. This made Keisha grin again.
The redhead turned back to the front doors just as the White Tigers disappeared down the long corridor and a third team arrived.
"Hn. There they are." Demetra said with an unamused snort. "I can't believe I let you three talk Breal into inviting them."
Keisha rolled her eyes.
"The Majestics are the best of the best." She said, slightly exasperated as if she'd been through this many times already. "The only reason they didn't make the Worlds was because Barthez Battalion cheated. I firmly believe that they would have dominated most of the tournament if they'd been given a fair chance."
"She's right, Demi." Victoria replied, her eyes locked on the four Europeans below her. "They're really good. You remember seeing them battle. They didn't get where they are by sheer luck. It's like you always tell others about us; don't underestimate them, it could be a fatal mistake."
Demetra snorted again but said nothing more on the matter. Instead she watched as the four boys below chatted, the blonde and green-haired bladers smiling or grinning as they looked around the building.
"They're all so gorgeous.." Victoria whispered to Keisha behind her hand so Demetra wouldn't hear. Kage smiled in amusement and shook her head, having heard as well.
Keisha nodded as she starred at the boys below.
"Yeah, I know. They-"
The redhead stopped abruptly and both her and Victoria blushed as the four boys below looked up at them.
Robert blinked for a moment, seemed to realize who they were and gave them a small, polite nod. Johnny starred at them for a moment, in seemingly either mild amusement or interest, then looked back at Robert to continue their conversation. Oliver smiled charmingly at the girls and gave them a small wave while Enrique winked and blew them all a kiss.
"What a disgusting display." Demetra said, her nose wrinkling in disgust as the boys finally disappeared down the corridor in direction of their own room.
"Disgusting is so not the word I'm thinking of..." Victoria cooed dreamily as she starred into the corridor the Majestics had just disappeared down. Keisha giggled, her own cheeks still a little flushed as she turned back to the front door again.
There was a few minutes pause before any more teams arrived, and the girls all found themselves getting a little antsy as they starred through the glass, watching the people silently going crazy on the outside as if watching a TV on mute.
Finally, after what felt like hours, another limo arrived in front of the building and four colorful boys stepped out -- not one looking remotely alike, and all with different colored hair and clothes. They didn't acknowledge their fans or anyone along side them as they headed straight for the building and entered.
After the familiar noise from outside had ceased, the Blitzkrieg Boys made their way into the building. Neither of them spoke and the air around them was that of extreme confidence.
Only a few steps into the building, Tala stopped walking and looked up, no doubt feeling the eyes on him. The ceasing of movement seemed to catch his teammates attention and they all followed suit and looked up at Villikosto as well.
Tala starred at the girls for a moment, his gaze falling on each of them before finally smirking and looking back to his teammates. An unheard joke was passed between them and they all, save the stotic Kai, laughed in amusement before continuing on their way. Kai starred at the girls for a moment with an emotionless expression before finally snorting humorlessly and disappearing down the familiar corridor as well.
Above the Russian bladers, the Captain of Villikosto was ready to shred hide. Her hands clenched on the railing they were resting on with such force her knuckles turned white.
"How dare they?!" She seethed, starring down the corridor with a scathing glare. "We'll see who'll be laughing when this tournament is over!"
Keisha and Victoria both bit their lips to contain their laughter as they watched their team Captain ranting and fuming over the Blitzkrieg Boy's snub. No amount of comforting and consoling from Kage could calm the girl and it was for this reason that the silver-eyed blader missed the arrival of the fifth and final team.
"Awe, look!" Victoria cooed teasingly, nudging the redhead in the ribs. "He's waving at you!"
Keisha looked down to see that the All Stars had just walked through the doors and Max was at the head of the group, smiling and waving up at the girls cheerfully. Keisha glanced at Demetra, saw she was still obliviously ranting, then turned back to Max with a wide grin and wave.
"Hey." She mouthed before holding two thumbs up. "Good luck!"
Max grinned back and mimicked her.
"You too." He mouthed back.
The All Stars disappeared down the hall towards their room and the people in black suits by the doors placed a hand to their ears as if listening to something being spoken to them. They then spoke and nodded at each other before turning to open the doors and allowing the public to enter the building.
Demetra stopped in her rant and starred down at the swarm of people piling into the building. She starred at them for a moment, then took a deep, calming breath before turning to her team.
"Alright, everyone's here." She said seriously, a dangerous glint in her eyes. "Now it begins."
Without another word, the four girls turned as one and headed across the platform they were on to their own locker room.
"This is it, team."
Demetra looked around at her teammates and studied them all carefully.
"This is what we've been waiting for. Everything we've worked for has lead up to this moment. Here's where we show the world who we are, what we can do and just what they've been missing by not having us around. We're going to win this."
Demetra's hands were across her chest and her right hand was fingering her beyblade absently as she looked around and spoke.
"I have faith in myself and my own skills and I know I'm good, but I also know I couldn't have gotten here without you three. You're strong, stronger then most of the bladers you'll ever come across. It's times like these that I'm glad I have you all on my side."
A smile tugged at the corners of Keisha's lips and she looked out the corner of her eye at Victoria. The blonde-streaked brunette was looking at her too and both seemed to be thinking the same thing. They turned back to their Captain with a small smile at the taller girl.
It was times like this that they really appreciated Demetra, saw her true colors, saw something that no one else, save Breal, had ever or probably ever would see; the fact that Demetra Nakamura wasn't all ice and steel. She actually did have a heart -- though it was buried and guarded under a great deal of stone, ice and fire.
"My team is my family." Demetra continued. "And you four are more important to me then anything on this earth."
A small, almost playful glint lit the silver-eyed blader's eyes then.
"Still, having said that; beyblading is a close second, and I know we're going to win this. Because if anyone can beat these snotty, spoiled brats, Villikosto can! And we will! We've got the makings of champions, and that's exactly what we'll be!"
The hand holding Demetra's blade reached out and the girls across from her smiled before reaching out as well and placing their own blades against their Captain's. This caused a spark to pass between the four before shouting the one sacred word in unison.
"Villekosto!"
"Alright, is everyone here?"
Five teams looked up at Mr. Dickinson as he looked around at them all and nodded with a smile.
"Good!" He said excitedly. "Now to give you all a quick briefing on the competition. First of all, I'd like to let you all know the schedule for this tournament.
Unlike most tournaments, this one is a little different. Since there are so few teams, we have decided to stretch the battles out over a week. For example; for the first two weeks, which will be rounds one and two, the schedule will be as follows:
Monday, today, the first two teams will battle. Tomorrow, Tuesday, there will be a break. Wednesday the next two teams will battle. Thursday, another break, then the final battle will be held on Friday. Saturday will be your final break of the week and Sundays will be your relocation day, meaning; that will be the day plotted out for you to relocate to the next state, being whichever state that has been chosen to hold the next round.
Everyone understand?"
Looking around again, Mr. Dickinson noted all the nods and/or smiles and smiled brightly.
"Excellent." He said cheerfully before continuing. "You will be informed of the third and fourth week's schedule when the time comes, as well as the place of relocation.
Understand; each team is only permitted to loose once. On your second loss, you're out. So, by the end of round two, two teams will be eliminated. After round three, two more teams will be gone, meaning there will be only two teams left for the final round.
Now then; the rules."
There was a low, collective groan as the chairman went on to give a rather long speech about rules and regulations, the same ones used in the usual competitions and such.
When he was finally finished, Mr. Dickinson finally stopped talking and looked around at the teams again with a cheery smile.
"Well, there you have it. Are there any questions?"
When no one replied, his smile brightened.
"Excellent." He chirped cheerfully again. "Well, off you go then, into the stadium! The first match-up will be G-Revolution versus the White Tiger team."
Keisha grinned brightly as she looked around at all the people in the stadium. Most of them were all chatting amongst themselves excitedly but many were looking down at Villikosto either wearily or curiously.
It was now Friday, the last battle day of the first week. Monday had been G-Revolution against the White Tigers. G-Revolution had ended up winning, but it was a very close call and the final match against Ray and Tyson had nearly gone the other way. Still, in the end, the world champ's team had prevailed.
The next battle day, Wednsday, had been one between the All Stars and the Blitzkrieg Boys. This had also been a close call and both teams had fought with tremendous skill and talent. But, in the end, the Blitzkrieg Boys had won the round.
Now, finally it was Villikosto's turn to show their stuff. They were matched against the Majestics and all four girls were anticipating the battle.
Keisha looked up at the team across her when the usual announcers, AJ Topper and Brad Best began to speak.
"Hello and welcome!" AJ said cheerfully. "I hope you're all as excited as we are, 'cause we're sure to be in for a real treat!"
"That's right, AJ." Brad added. "After two intense battles already, this tournament is promising to be a good one."
"Speaking of which, has anyone taken the time to look up our mysterious, new team?" AJ asked rhetorically. "I'm not one hundred percent sure of course, but from what I gathered, the name Villikosto, comes from the Finnish language; Villi meaning savage and verikosto meaning vendetta. Put it together; Savage Vendetta, aka Villikosto!"
"Wow!" Brad said in amazement. "That's kinda shady, AJ! Wonder where that came from."
"I don't know, Brad, but I've got a feeling we're gonna find out."
Keisha looked over at Kage to see the girl's eyes closed and arms crossed, a slightly amused grin on her face. Looking over at Demetra, the Captain was sitting on the bench with her arms and legs crossed, her expression a concentrated one as she eyed the team across from them seriously. Keisha's eyes then went to Victoria, who was frowning slightly. The redhead smiled at the blue-green eyed blader. Victoria had never cared for their team name and had attempted many times to convince Demetra to change it. But their Captain and her brother had picked the name and would not be swayed.
Keisha looked ahead again with a smile, looking at the Majestics without really seeing as her thoughts wandered. She had always liked the sound of Villikosto, this being the reason she'd agreed to it in the first place. She didn't, however, like the meaning behind it and sometimes felt it gave the wrong impression of them.
Then again....
Maybe not.
"Alright, alright! Jazzman here! Of course, you all know me! What's say we get this thing started?"
The crowd cheered wildly and Keisha grinned, just as excited as they were.
"First up is Johnny of the Majestics! With a strong attack and an equal defense and evasion, he's one tough customer! Not to mention the fact that he's only been beaten a handful of times."
Johnny stepped up to the dish, his eyes fixed on Kage as she starred back at him just as seriously from across the dish.
"And on this side we have Kage of the new and mysterious team, Villekosto! Her stats are equally impressive but slightly different. Kage has an equally strong attack and evasion and a considerable defense. And although this is her team's first big competition appearance, this silent blader has been in her fair share of battles and has only been beaten once.
Needless to say folks, this should be an interesting battle!"
Johnny's eyes never left Kage as he got out his blade and launcher and set them up, watching the silent blader carefully. Kage however didn't seem the least bit worried about him or nervous as she set up her blade and launcher as well, looking them over carefully as the DJ kept talking. Finally she looked up and lifted her launcher, eyes locking with Johnny again as he mimicked her.
"Alright, and so begins the first final match of this round!" Jazzman said excitedly. "Here we go! Three! Two! One!"
"Let it rip!"
Johnny was alone in shouting the infamous line, but his blade certainly wasn't alone in the dish.
"I hate to break it to you little girl," Johnny began with a confident smirk. "But I'm not a fan of loosing! So, too bad for you, but this just might be your first and last tournament!"
Kage seemed un-bothered by Johnny's comment and didn't so much as look up at him as she starred intently at the battling blades.
Johnny looked confused.
"Can you... can you hear me?" He asked a little awkwardly.
Kage looked up at her opponent across her and the redhead was slightly taken aback.
"Those eyes..." He thought to himself in astonishment. "She definitely heard me. She looks..... so confident. Like she knows she'll win..."
Kage looked back down at the blades and Johnny continued to stare at the girl, the image of those penetrating amethyst eyes burned into his minds eye, captivating and unnerving him all at once.
However, it was this small moment of distraction that nearly cost the scottish blader the match.
"Oh! And it's a close call for Johnny!" AJ exclaimed at once.
The crowd released a collective held breath as the redhead's blade slid back down the wall of the dish and back into the center.
Johnny smirked and looked up at Kage.
"Not bad." He said, slightly impressed. "You nearly pushed me out. Looks like I underestimated you. Now the battle begins!"
Kage starred at him for a moment before finally smirking as well. She gave Johnny a single nod before looking down at the blades yet again.
It was a long and fierce battle, one that seemed to drag on for hours with countless close calls. The crowd were on the edges of the seats, biting nails and clenching fist fulls of clothing as they starred below.
Johnny was panting heavily and his knees were quivering with the effort to keep standing. Looking up from the blades below him to the blader across him, he noted that Kage's chest was heaving as well, but her eyes were glued to the battle. Smiling, the redhead's gaze turned back to the dish.
"And the battle rages on!" AJ exclaimed excitedly.
"New or not, this girl is really giving it her all." Brad added. "Looks like she's determined to prove that her team can run with the big dogs!"
"OK, enough is enough!" Johnny shouted confidently. "Salamalyon! Attack!"
A huge reptilian Bitbeast erupted from Johnny's blade and many people in the crowd gasped. Kage, however, seemed completely unfazed.
The black-tipped-purple haired teen's head tipped back and her eyes closed while her mouth dropped open, appearing to scream though no sound came out. When she did this, a bright purple light emerged from the girl's blade and when it faded, a huge, black and white hawk with purple-tipped wings and plumage hovered over the dish.
Kage pointed at Johnny's bitbeast and the hawk flew it at with incredible speed. In the blink of an eye there was a massive explosion as the two bitbeasts collided, causing every being in the stadium to shield their eyes against the blinding light.
When then light died away, the occupants of the stadium looked back down to the dish and gasped. Both bladers were layed out on opposite sides of the dish with a blade each by their heads.
Silence filled the stadium as everyone inside held their breaths. After a very long pause, both bladers began to stir until their eyes slowly blinked open and both teens slowly got to their feet.
Johnny picked up the blade on the ground next to him and starred at it. The beautiful yet heavy black and white blade was unfamiliar to him; it wasn't his. Looking up he saw Kage examining a pale purple blade in her hand as well. She looked up at him and for a moment their eyes locked on each other. After a very long, awkward silence, a small smile graced Kage's face and the tension in the building immediately lifted as Johnny smiled back at her.
And the crowd went wild.
Both bladers walked around the dish and met in the middle, each extending their free hands to each other and shaking hands firmly.
"Good battle!" Johnny said proudly. Kage smiled again and nodded.
The two released each others hands and exchanged the beaten and worse-for-wear blades. They gave each other one final smile before heading back to their own teams.
"Wow! What sportsmanship!" AJ said admiringly.
"You said it, AJ!" Brad added. "Looks like there's more to Villikosto then meets the eye -- or to what their name suggests!"
Kage reached her team and turned around to lean against the wall of the team area with crossed arms and a satisfied smile. The area reminded the girls very much of a baseball dug-out.
"Next up is Enrique versus Victoria!"
The blonde Majestic stepped up to the new dish; the old, demolished one having disappeared below the stadium. Moments later, Victoria appeared across from him.
"Both of these bladers have impressively high offenses, which means we should be in for another intense battle!"
"Don't worry, bella." The blonde said sweetly. "I'll go easy on you."
A strange glint shone in Victoria's aqua-marine eyes and a whisper of a smile tugged at her lips.
"Oh, thank you, so much!" She replied in a sickeningly sweet voice. "This is my first real battle after-all."
Enrique gave her a charming smile, missing the amused snorts and smiles from Victoria's team behind her.
"Uh-oh." Came AJ's voice over the speakers. "If Enrique hopes to win this battle, he'd better not let himself be fooled by a pretty face."
"That's right, AJ!" Brad agreed. "Cause if this pretty face battles anything like the first one, then the Majestics' Italian playboy is in for the fight of his life! Underestimating her might just be his down fall!"
"Alright, let the next match begin!" Jazzman said excitedly, raising his arm high above the dish. "Three! Two! One!"
"Let it rip!"
This time two voices rang out through the stadium as both blades landed in the dish below.
"Tallope! Attack!"
"And Victoria isn't wasting any time!" Brad commented.
Enrique's eyes widened as a brown horse with a green mane and tail erupted from the brown and green blade. The flowers braided into it's hair gave a very wrong impression as the obviously powerful beast hurtled towards the blonde's blade with tremendous speed.
"Amphilyon!"
The huge serpent appeared from the blonde's blade and outstretched it's arms. It was sent back several feet as the horse collided with is, pushing against the serpent with all it's might.
Realizing that this girl was much more powerful then he'd imagined, Enrique quickly shook his head and focused on the battle.
"Amphilyon, Twin Destruction!"
"Tallope, RKO!"
The two blades pulled back from each other and prepared for their attack. The serpent flew at the horse, but the latter seemed to be waiting for him. Just as the dragon-like beast was upon the horse, Tallope turned around and kicked it with it's two powerful back legs. The heavy blow struck the serpent full on in the head, sending the serpent high into the air.
A collective gasp was heard around the stadium and Enrique watched with wide eyes and mouth as his blue blade flew high. Victoria was smirking triumphantly.
"Thank you, oh-so-much for going easy on me, Enrique-poo." She said, again in a sickeningly sweet tone. Then she laughed. "Maybe next time you'll listen to the commentators!"
Enrique was speechless as he watched his blade fall, seemingly in slow motion, towards the ground. Finally it landed on the edge of the dish, teetering dangerously on the edge. Everyone, save the members of Villikosto, held their breaths as they waited.
Finally the blue blade tipped and slid back down into the dish, still spinning, though wobbling slightly.
Enrique released a huge breath of relief before looking up at Victoria with a confident smile.
"Well, well!" He said cockily. "Looks like I did underestimate you didn't I? Well, I assure you, chica; that won't happen again."
Victoria smiled confidently, her chin lifting in the air slightly as she looked at the blonde.
"It better not." She replied playfully. "Otherwise, you'll find yourself on the outside of the winners circle!"
Enrique grinned.
"How about we make things a little more interesting? If I win this battle, you let me take you out on a date."
Victoria raised an eyebrow.
"And if I win?"
Enrique thought for a minute.
"I'm not sure. I suppose you can pick."
The blonde's grin widened then.
"But no worries, I'll save you the trouble of having to think of something."
The strange glint from earlier returned to Victoria's eyes.
"You're on!"
Enrique smirked and his fists clenched at his sides as he called out to his bitbeast.
"Amphilyon! Twin Destruction!"
Victoria smirked as well.
"That tired old attack again? Well, I suppose if you're not going to try anything new, I might as well stick to my guns too; seeing as it worked so well last time."
Her own fists clenching at her sides, Victoria fixed her eyes on the blue blade below her as she screamed out her command.
"Tallope! RKO!!"
Both blades hurtled towards each other in a blur and when they collided, the explosion was deafening and the smoke and debris left everyone outside the dish momentarily clueless as to the outcome of the attack. When finally the dust and smoke began to die down, two figures slowly became visible.
Enrique was down on one knee, panting heavily and Victoria looked about ready to collapse as well. Both teens looked rather beaten and worse-for-wear and when the debris had finally cleared, everyone could see both blades in the dish again -- neither of them spinning.
Victoria stumbled forward, down into the dish, and fell to her knees as she reached out to pick up her blade. Cradling it to her chest, she smiled softly and closed her eyes.
"Thank you, Tallope." She whispered. "You made me proud."
When her eyes opened again, Victoria noted the hand in front of her.
"So, where do you wanna go?"
Victoria looked up the arm and blinked at the blonde who owned it in confusion.
"Go?"
Enrique smiled at her.
"On our date."
Victoria raised an eyebrow at him before standing on her own, ignoring the hand outstretched to her.
"The deal was if you won. You didn't win."
Enrique's smile slipped a little.
"But I didn't lose either."
Victoria dusted herself off, once again ignoring the blonde.
"Tough." She said bluntly.
Enrique's smile disappeared. He reached out to Victoria as she turned around and walked out of the dish.
"Oh, come on!" He pleaded. "It's just a date! How can you say no to a face like this, huh?"
Victoria completely ignored him this time as she exited the dish and walked back to her teammates.
"Same as all the other smart ones do." Oliver said to the blonde with an amused smile, taking his friend's hand and pulling him out of the dish.
Enrique pouted as he plopped down on his teams bench, Oliver and Robert trying not to laugh at him while Johnny laughed openly.
"Well, we were promised an intense battle, and we got one!" Brad said as the practically demolished dish disappeared below the stadium to be replaced, once again, by a third.
"Only one more battle left!" AJ said excitedly. "Will this one end in a draw as well, meaning we'll get to see all four members of Villikosto battle? Or will team captain, Demetra, finish the round? We'll just have to wait and see!"
Demetra was the first to step up to the dish, followed moments later by the shorter, green-haired member of the Majestics.
Oliver smiled at Demetra.
"Good luck." He said kindly. Demetra lifted her nose in the air and looked down it at Oliver as she lifted her launcher before her.
"Such a weak phrase." She said emotionlessly. "Yet such a popular one. I'll say the same thing to you as I said to America's finest. Luck is for amateurs."
Oliver blinked at Demetra, utterly stunned, while behind him his Captain mimicked him.
"What a woman." Robert said in awe. Johnny snorted humorlessly.
"I think she's a b-"
"Beauty." Enrique interrupted, starring at Demetra with hearts in his eyes.
"Once again, the Majestics are faces with a challenge." AJ commented. "But by now, I'm sure they've learned that looks can be deceiving. Especially in this case."
"With two totally different blading skills and styles, how will this match turn out?" Brad asked rehtorically. "Oliver has a strong defense, while Demetra has an impressively strong offense. Once again, I think we're in for a real battle!"
Oliver frowned and starred at Demetra confidently as he lifted his launcher as well.
"You'll find that I'm not like my teammates." Oliver told the tall girl seriously. "I am a fan of beauty but I will not be fooled by it. I'm not naive enough to believe that because a rose is beautiful, it's thorns cannot hurt."
Demetra's face was expressionless.
"Then you may come out of this in one piece." She said seriously. "But you will not come out victorious."
Oliver's grip on his launcher tightened.
"We'll see about that."
"Bladers, on your mark!"
Once again Jazzman lifted his free hand high into the air.
"Three! Two! One!"
"Let it rip!"
"Unicolyon! Earth Shake!"
Demetra seemed completely unfazed and unbothered by Oliver's immediate offense and neither said or did anything.
Oliver gasped as Demetra's blade struck his and bounded high into the air, completely avoiding his devastating attack.
When the ground had stopped shaking, the dish and surrounding area had cracks all through and around it. Demetra's red and black blade fall fast and hard towards the dish and Oliver wasn't quite quick enough to avoid it. The black blade struck the purple one full-force, powerful enough to crack it down the middle and completely destroy the defense ring.
The black and red blade jumped to the side and spun on spot as if nothing had ever happened. Meanwhile, in the dead center of the dish, Oliver's purple blade lay broken and motionless.
One could hear a pin drop as the stadium fell into a dead silence.
Without a word or glance around, Demetra walked down into the dish and bent to pick up her still spinning blade, fingering it lovingly as she climbed out and headed back to her teammates.
On the other side of the dish, Oliver's wide, purple eyes glossed with tears as he starred in shock at his broken beyblade.
"And there you have it..." Came AJ Topper's soft-spoken voice over the speakers. "Short and painful. The Winner of this round is Villikosto, who now has one win under their belt.."
Johnny bounded forward into the dish and grabbed Oliver's blade. He ran back to his green-haired teammate and handed him the purple blade before turning to glare across the dish at Demetra.
Oliver closed his eyes and held his blade to his chest as his two remaining teammates stood along side him and starred at Villikosto in shock.
"I'm so sorry Unicolyon..."
Across the dish, The members of Villikosto were all having different reactions to the dead silence still plaguing the stadium.
Victoria was attempting to disappear, wanting nothing more then to become invisible. She was utterly ashamed of her Captain's heartless win.
"That was so unnecessary!" She hissed to Demetra under her breath. "You didn't have to be so brutal!"
"It's what they all get for underestimating us." Demetra said bluntly, her eyes closed and arms crossed. "If he couldn't handle me at my weakest, how could they honestly expect to make it to the final round. I didn't even call forth Trea."
Victoria, unable to take the tension anymore, made a quick sweep of the stadium before lowering her head and hurrying towards the exit.
Kage, her eyes closed and arms crossed as well, took a deep breath. She opened her eyes, also made a sweep of the stadium, then looked over at The Magestics. Her eyes lingered on them for a few moments before looking back at Demetra, then turning to leave the stadium as well with an emotionless expression.
Demetra, obviously not giving a damn about her brutal win, only caring that she won, ignored the whispering and muttering that had now begun around the stadium and left without another word.
Keisha frowned deeply and turned to look at The Majestics. Her heart broke as she watched Oliver clutching his blade to his chest. She imagined how she'd feel if she was in his position and knew immediately that it would eat her alive knowing her bitbeast was in that shape because of her.
Ignoring the weary and/or scathing glares from the other members of the team, Keisha headed over to the Majestics and stopped in front of the still kneeling Oliver.
"I'm sorry." She whispered, holding out a hand to him.
Amethyst eyes very much like Kage's turned to look up at her, still a little glossy due to their owner's defeat.
Oliver blinked at the redhead, obviously a little stunned, but didn't move a muscle.
"I know it's hard to believe," Keisha began slowly. "But... she really is a good person. It's just... in the dish, she's a lot more brutal and aggressive then she needs to be. There's so much you don't know or understand... But on my entire team's behalf; please accept my sincerest apology for your blade. I can get it fixed for you if you want. Top notch parts and maintenance."
Oliver starred at the redhead for a long time before finally smiling and accepting her extended hand, and apology.
"It's alright, it's not your fault. And thank you, but I can fix it on my own. It just hurts me knowing he's like this because of me, you know?"
Keisha nodded with a small smile as Oliver stood up and released her hand.
"I know." She said softly.
The crowd erupted into a long awaited applause, each and every being in the stadium standing to give the most spirited member of Villikosto a standing ovation for her kindness and sportsmanship.