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Kai - Okay . . . Tyson still locked up?
Yep. You want me to get him out so you guys can train, and you can keep kicking him through the whole thing?
Kai - Tempting, but no, don't think so. I'd rather have one more day without him and his mouth.
Don't I know it!
Kai - Disclaimer: She doesn't own Beyblade. You know the rest.
Abduction
Chapter Seventeen
-Kai's POV-
I stood staring at my opponent, completely calm. I don't know what had come over me, but I no longer felt the nervousness or pounding in my heart. I just felt as if it were another battle, but I knew the results if I lost. Not only would I go back to that damn Auron and have the poison shot into my body, but combat would return, my friends would probably die as well, and the Shika team would no longer have a captain.
And Jonah knew it.
Jonah, my challenger, was a decent guy, but the strongest of the group. He was the most experienced, but the only thing keeping him from being captain was that he had a short fuse. If he even got the least irritated, he would explode. I didn't know if he had gotten control over his emotions during these last few years, but I did know he hadn't changed much in looks.
DJ introduced us, and we shook.
"Phoenix, glad to fight you again, but not really under these circumstances," he muttered, nodding towards the metal armband that still was wrapped tightly along my upper arm.
"The same," I replied just as quietly, and we departed, repeating what Ray and Ryan had done earlier.
I heard the music begin as I breathed in deeply and let it out slowly, closing my eyes easily.
"Ready? . . . ." DJ said after a few minutes. "Go!"
-Say your prayers, little one
don't forget, my son
to include everyone-
We started off slowly, but quickened our speed as we reached one another. I felt Dranzer envelop me in a roaring flame. We were close, his power attempting to overpower me.
And we hit.
-tuck you in, warm within
keep you free from sin
till the sandman he comes-
Sparks flew. Fists connected. I felt him sag under my force, but he quickly regained balance and strength. He was good.
-Sleep with one eye open
gripping your pillow tight-
I backed up on my heals and launched forwards, feeling him kick me in my stomach before I rammed my forearm in his throat.
-Exit: light
enter: night-
He landed on his back but flipped to his knees. He coughed and glared at me, growling low in his throat as Ray would have done, blood starting to trickle down his chin.
-take my hand
we're off to never, never land-
His power spiked, knocking me backwards to land hard on my own knees. I grunted, watching him as he jumped up in the air.
-Something's wrong, shut the light
heavy thoughts tonight
and they aren't of snow white
dreams of war, dreams of liars
dreams of dragon's fire
and of things that will bite-
He attacked me, his full grown stag making me seem powerless as his twelve-pointed rack towered over me. I gasped but at the same time, felt Dranzer's fire course through my veins again, and then I no longer felt afraid. Only determination.
Jonah flinched as I stood and blocked his attack with only a swift move of my arm. Dranzer's strength and power overclouded me, and I could tell that the fire was now licking my body as if I were wood itself.
-Sleep with one eye open
gripping your pillow tight-
I opened my eyes after I had closed them, flaming wings producing, it seemed, from my back, in-between my shoulder blades.
It was time to take this up a notch.
-Exit: light
enter: night
take my hand
we're off to never, never land-
Jonah watched me from the spot where I had flung him earlier. He nodded, understanding what was going on.
He knew what to do.
He took in a deep breath while I watched, and tensed his body, his stag stomping its foot against the ground before combining with his master. Jonah's body was enveloped in a strange colored light of brown. I stood watching him calmly, the phoenix's emotions washing through me, erasing each thought of fear I had ever had from my mind.
When the light dispersed, Jonah stood, clothed in all brown deerskin. From his shoulders sat the antlers of his bit beast. His features were leaner and smoother than earlier, modeling the deer.
-Now I lay me down to sleep
pray the lord my soul to keep
if I die before I wake
pray the lord my soul to take-
We circled each other slowly, watching for the next move as the prayer echoed through the stadium.
-Hush little baby, don't say a word
and never mind that noise you heard
it's just the beasts under your bed,
in your closet, in your head-
Our pace quickened, each getting closer with each circle. Then we were upon each other, punching, kicking, throwing attack after attack.
-Exit: light
enter: night
grain of sand
Exit: light
enter: night
take my hand-
At the last second of his last attack, I jumped high in the air, almost mimicking Ryan's move two battles before. My wings expanded, sending flaming feathers all around me and my victim. I stretched my arms to where I was holding a bow, an arrow already knocked. Aiming, I waited for the right moment.
-we're off to never, never land-
Jumping, Jonah played right into my trap. I released my weapon, watching as each and every feather followed the arrow. All of it exploded on contact with the older teen, surrounding him in a whirlwind of fire.
I reached up my hand, placing my middle finger and my thumb together. And snapped. The flames disappeared altogether, leaving the teen to stand on his feet, only to fall to the floor.
I landed just as DJ regarded me as the winner. My wings were erased along with that great strength that I had felt just moments before.
"Kai!" Tyson cried as he, Max, and Ryan ran up to me. "We won! We won the round!"
I sighed as Dranzer flew back into my hand. Ryan walked up to me and draped my arm over his shoulder as I had done for him earlier. "Is . . . Is Ray alright?" I asked, suddenly tired. There was a dull pain emitting from my ribs, legs, and now my head. Not to mention, the whole entire room swayed with each breath I took.
Ryan shook his head, and I tensed, taking it the wrong way. "Easy, Phoenix. He's just fine. He's awake but still too weak to get up yet. Just you relax, King. Everything will be alright," he winked.
I smiled softly and nodded, letting him lead me back to my awaiting koi.
End Chapter Seventeen+
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