Hey all readers. I think it's obvious that the names of the Bladebreakers in this story are not mine. However, Sam Coredori and her bitbeast Drazema. Along with the team the Carnivora Catz and their bitbeasts are all mine so please don't take them without my position. Thanks bb4564
Chapter 3 – Training Begins!
"Come on Dragoon," Tyson called to his blue and white blade as it spun rapidly towards the green blade in the centre of the dish. "Use storm attack now!" he yelled. He watched as his blade spun around the dish causing a tornado to appear. "Draciel, counter it with Defence Ball," Max called to his blade, but Dragoon's attack was too strong and as the tornado engulfed the green blade it was thrown out of the dish, landing at Max's feet.
"Yeah!!" Tyson yelled, pumping his fist in the air at his victory before calling Dragoon back into his open head. "Great game Max," Tyson said, walking over and shaking Max's hand in good sportsmanship.
Max smiled at Tyson, "Yeah great game Tyson, Dragoon's really improving." Tyson grinned the compliment.
"Or maybe Draciel's just getting worse," Kai's voice rang out. Everyone turned to stare at Kai.
"That was out of line Kai" Tyson responded, fists clenched in rage.
"Was it?" Kai asked smugly. "If Max ever wants to defeat Dragoon he's going to have to try a lot better then that Tyson. So either he wasn't trying or Draciel is too weak." Tyson went red with rage.
"Why don't you just zip it Kai," Tyson suddenly yelled, "No one cares what you think." Kai just stared at him. Then he shrugged.
"Fine, like I care. Ray you're up." Kai called to Ray as a defeated Max went and sat beside Kenny.
"Don't listen to him Max," Kenny whispered, "You were doing great." Max smiled sadly.
"Maybe Kai's right. Maybe Draciel is too weak for battle." This shocked Kenny. He never thought he'd hear Max say that about his bitbeast.
"It's not true Max. Here let me show you something." Typing a command into his laptop, he replayed the battle between Max and Tyson. "Look," he said pointing to the small screen. "Just before Dragoon does that storm Attack the blade tilts slightly to the left. If you attack it then you'd win for sure."
Max smiled. "You're right. Thanks Chief."
Kenny sighed with relief at having Max back to his old self and turned back to the battle between Ray and Tyson. Ray was focused intently on Tyson's blade as he studied it, trying to think of a good strategy move. Tyson ordered Dragoon to attack the spinning dark grey blade. He watched as the blade spun towards it at a rapid pace. "Driger, steady yourself and block it," Ray called. With a loud crash the two blades collided with each other, as they tried to knock one from the dish. Neither succeeded as they continued spinning in the dish. "Good on ya Driger! Great battle!" Ray complimented his blade.
Tyson didn't comment, but kept his eyes trained on Ray's blade. "Ok, Dragoon, use your Storm Attack and lets knock this blade out," Tyson commanded. Again his blade spun around the dish and a tornado started to appear. Ray watched with no emotion on his face. As the tornado built up Ray suddenly called out to his blade, "Ok Driger, Tiger claw now!" A huge blast erupted in the dish as the blades collided. As the smoke cleared, everyone's attention was on the dish. To everyone's surprise Tyson's blade lay at the bottom of the dish as Ray's spun around it. "Yeah!! Good on ya Driger," he called seeing his blade still standing. Tyson stared in shock for a few minutes before calling back his blade. "Awesome move Ray," Tyson called, smiling at his friend. "I know," Ray replied cheekily. Kai was silent but he nodded his head as a way of acknowledging Ray's victory.
Glancing at his watch he saw it was eleven thirty. They had been training for a while now. Kai also remembered that Mr. Dickenson had arranged to meet them at the hotel at twelve. "Okay guys, time to go," Kai said, walking off towards the hotel. "Yes!" Tyson shouted, "Lunch time." Ray shook his head at Tyson's response.
"Actually Tyson," he said as he walked towards him, "I don't think we have time for your kind of lunch."
"WHAT!!!" Tyson looked like he was going to faint.
"You had to tell him, didn't you Ray." Kenny said, shaking his head. Ray just laughed and continued walking.
Max jogged ahead of the others to catch up with Kai. "Hey Kai," he called as he approached. Kai stopped and waited for Max to catch up. Although he didn't say it out loud, Kai was feeling pretty guilty about what he had said to Max. Max soon caught up and together they headed towards the hotel. "What's up?" Kai asked, trying to sound as unconcerned as possible. Max fidgeted a little as he walk. "I was wondering if you could give me a few pointers on how to improve Draciel's battling techniques?" Max replied, a little nervously. Kai was silent for a moment, as he thought about how to answer.
"Draciel's a good bitbeast," he said slowly, "you just need to focus on not just defending." Max nodded in understanding. He was glad that Kai was not mad at him.
"Sounds good, thanks." Kai just nodded and they walked the rest of the way to the hotel in silence.
As soon as they reached the hotel, Max headed into his room to change. Kai waited for the others by the doors. Ray and Kenny entered, talking excitedly about the upcoming championships. Seeing Kai, they walked over to him. "Not that I care, but where's Tyson?" Kai asked, not sure he wanted to hear the answer. Ray rubbed the back of his neck nervously.
"Well, when he heard we wouldn't be having lunch, he…"
"Hey guys!" They looked up to see Tyson, carrying a burger and fries, heading towards them. Ray sighed,
"He decided to get a snack." Kai looked at Tyson and rolled his eyes.
"I was hungry," Tyson mumbled around a mouthful of fries, upon seeing Kai's expression.
"Big surprise," Kai replied heading upstairs to change, before returning downstairs to meet Mr. Dickenson. He had changed into some more comfortable clothes, consisting of some dark blue jeans and a black top, with a silver neckline, cuffs and hem and a silver Japanese symbols on the back. He wore a black jacket over the top and had also removed his training armbands, but had placed his beyblade into his jacket pockets. The others hadn't returned yet, but Mr. Dickenson was walking in through the front door.
Kai jogged over to him. "Mr. Dickenson!" Kai called out to get his attention. Mr. Dickenson looked up at him.
"Kai, great to see you again," Mr. Dickenson replied, extending his hand. Kai shook it briefly then stood back to allow the old man to pass. Just then Max, Kenny, Ray and Tyson came out of the elevator.
"Mr. D.!!!!" Tyson yelled, causing most of the people in the hotel to look towards him. To make things worse, in his effort to get out of the elevator, he tripped over his own two feet, spilling most of his fries and falling on to the ground after them. Kai groaned but Mr. Dickenson only laughed. "I see Tyson hasn't changed," he muttered walking over to the other members of the Bladebreakers.
"Yeah, unfortunately," Kai added, following after him.
Once they had managed to drag Tyson out of the way of the elevator, where he was trying to get whatever fries he could grab that hadn't been squashed, Mr. Dickenson got down to business. "You all know about the up coming championship right?" They all nodded eagerly. "Well, obviously before you can get down to some serious training, you need to have your team together." Kai leant against the wall, crossing his arms over his chest and resting his chin against his chest. "You mean...?" Tyson was practically bursting with barely contained excitement. Mr. Dickenson nodded and, reaching into his pocket, pulled out five plane tickets.
"Here you are boys," he said, handing one to each of the teens, "five one way tickets to Hong Kong. Your flight leaves tomorrow morning at seven twenty-five so don't be late. I will be meeting you boys in Hong Kong on Saturday, where we'll all head over to Germany." They all smiled with joy and thanked Mr. Dickenson. "Not a problem," he answered, "I'll see you all on Saturday. But now I must be going. See ya's." With that he left, waving warmly at them as he went. Kai looked at his ticket and pushed himself off the wall. The others had already run for the elevator and he followed close behind at a more leisurely pace. They were finally going to get their final team member and Kai only hoped they were a worthy blader.