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So here it is! The chapter you have all been waiting for! Kai and Tyson's big battle!

Thank-you to HibarixTsunaxlover, solitareseraphimsilvertaciturn and Tyka's Flower for your reviews! Thank-you to the readers who have been here since the beginning and thank you to the newcomers who have made it to this point. I love and appreciate you all!

*NOTE: I have pulled on a co-writer who helped me write this chapter and the one after this. That person is my ex-husband Nawmay. He's a fantastic writer! I was more than happy to end Borderline with this chapter but noooooooooo. He gave me other ideas.

**Nawmay has been helping me a bit throughout the story, especially the scientific sides of beybattles and the ending of Borderline. Why I go to him? Because he wasn't ever going to read this story in its entirety, so I didn't have to worry about giving away spoilers.

***If anyone needs writing advice, I highly recommend talking to Nawmay. He knows a variety of animes and is very nice, but BRUTAL. When I came back to writing in 2013, he ripped apart my writing and showed me how important flow and proper grammar are. There's a link to his profile in my profile.

Happy reading!


"3...2...1! LET IT RIP!"

Silver and navy blurs shot out of their respected launchers and crashed together in the dead-centre of the stadium, producing massive purple shock waves, shaking the atoms of everything within a ten mile radius.

"Woah." breathed Tyson as he struggled to keep his balance. This was unreal! He could feel his nerves vibrating with the force of the impact. Worriedly, he gazed up at Kai who was breathing hard, clearly feeling the effects of the energy wave as much as he was. But there was something else- Kai's was grinning. The fire of his beyblading spirit was burning deep within his garnet orbs.

Oh this match was so on!

The beyblades crashed to the ground, creating a giant dent in the steel dish and the chase began, with Dranzer on the attack. The blades sped around the rectangular dish, Dranzer attacking the silver blade ruthlessly, and Dragoon successfully dodging each attack. Kai increased Dranzer's speed, and just as it was about to pow into his rival's blade from behind, it suddenly disappeared, and Dranzer was about to go over the edge of the dish!

Kai focused his energy and pulled Dranzer into a full stop. The Russian smirked. "Old tricks won't save you now Kinomiya! Dranzer, fly!" The indigo blade leaped into the air and hit the silver blade dead-on, the impact sending shockwaves throughout the stadium once more.

Tyson gritted his teeth as he watched his blade do several back-flips in mid-air and bounce against the steel wall below his feet. He let out a sigh of relief when Dragoon landed right-side up and made a flawless recovery. Ok...so maybe using old moves against Kai wasn't the smartest decision- he needed a new strategy. He watched the way Dranzer was speeding around the dish. What was an effective way to make Dranzer lose speed? Wait...didn't one of his friends have a similar idea at one point? Thinking back, he recalled when Max used Draciel's Gravity Force attack against Kai in the last world championship. Maybe he could apply the same concept here?

At once his Dragoon started picking up speed, going in the opposite direction of Kai's blade. Faster and faster the silver blade went, until it finally created a massive tornado.

Kai realized what his opponent was attempting."Hn...nice try Tyson, but you're not the only one who has learned some new moves. Go Dranzer!" The audience held their breath as they watched the blue blade allow itself to be sucked into the twister- and ride the air currents. The camera men zoomed in and on the mega screen, everyone watched Dranzer travel up the wind spiral and escape out the top, smashing into the ledge Tyson was standing on.

The 17-year old fell ass-first onto the hard surface of the dish. "Ngh." He moaned as he rubbed his bruised backside. He looked up at his smug rival. "Oh is that the way you want to play it?! Fine then! Dragoon, give this guy a taste of his own medicine!" Obeying his partner's command, the silver top jumped onto the very rim of the of the dish and slammed into the platform Kai was standing on, at full-force. The platform shattered.

The Hiwatari manged to do a front flip and gracefully somersaulted and landed on the stadium floor on one knee, before glaring at Tyson.

The audience held their breaths as they watched the two rivals stare each other down. Kai's blade surrounded itself in red flames, while Dragoon created a powerful wind sphere around itself.

"You ready for this to get serious Tyson?" Kai challenged. He was daring Tyson.

Tyson grinned. "Bring it on Kai!"

Kai's eyes glowed red for an instant as he connected his soul to his guardian's. "Go Dranzer!"

"Dragoon!"

The beyblades revved up to full power and charged, crashing into each other in the centre of the dish. As metal grinded against metal, the friction creating a shower of sparks, violent seismic waves were produced, shaking the entire floor of the stadium. Small cracks began to form in the first cage of protective glass. The spectators clenched to the bars of their chairs as the waves blew through their bodies, making their teeth rattle as they watched the match with wide, unblinking eyes.

Shoes tried to dig into the steel as the bladers tried to keep standing as they felt each other's very souls pressed up against each other, fighting for dominance, neither giving an inch.

The bitbeasts arised from their blades and engaged in battle. It was a dance of wind and fire as the ancient beings went head to head. They fought inside the dish, until they realized their battle would end up harming their young wards and took their war into the skies, completely blowing through the two layer of glass with ease and blowing off the roof of the stadium.

Kai and Tyson kept strong, still engaged of their own invisible battle. The more they pushed, the more their blades began to glow, and soon a bright, blinding, white light encompassed the stadium.

When the light finally faded, everyone strained their eyes to see through the thick smoke to see which blade was left standing.

Their mouths dropped in shock.

Both blades were still spinning strongly, but the players had gone through unbelievable transformations.

Sprouting from Kai's back were a pair of captivating crimson phoenix wings that seemed like they were made of Dranzer's fire. On Tyson's body, there were what appeared to be blue scales made out of Dragoon's energy,

"Woah!" gasped Ray.

"Check them out!" declared Max.

Kenny furiously typed away on his computer, trying to make some sense of what was happening. "Ah! Dragoon and Dranzer have somehow completely combined their powers with Tyson and Kai!"

"Combined their powers? So like two souls inhabiting one body?" Max looked back at the arena. "That is so cool."

"I wonder how the battle will play out now?" asked Ray.

"I guess we'll find out." said Kenny.

"Ladies and gentlemen! I can't believe what I am seeing!" shouted DJ Jazzman as he stared at the bladers. "Somehow the bladers have combined their energy with their bitbeasts and both look ready for more action!"

The crowd broke out into applause and their were several shouts of "Best beybattle ever!"

Tyson looked down at himself and marveled at the scales that covered his body. He had never felt so close with Dragoon. He could feel the mighty dragon's power coursing through his veins. He could feel the ancient spirit's thoughts like they were his own. Every breath he took, he felt more powerful.

"I don't believe it..." Tyson looked up at Kai who had his eyes closed and had a peaceful smile on his face. "...All this time. The power I was craving was deep inside Dranzer and I the whole time."

Tyson smiled gently. "I always knew you had it in you."

Kai opened his eyes, his eyes soft, before they narrowed and a smirk played on his lips. "Are you ready to lose your title Tyson?"

"Keep dreaming Kai!"

They took flight. Escaping the cage through the hole their beasts had made earlier. They climbed high into the skies, circling each other, until they were sure they were far enough away they wouldn't cause any damage. Kai was the first to attack. Focusing his thoughts, he created a ball of fire within his palms and launched it at Tyson.

The Dragon Master's instincts took over and he raised his arms to shield himself, the scales letting the attack bounce harmlessly off of him. Experimentally, he waved his hand and a huge gale-force wind was launched at his opponent, who quickly flapped his wings to move up to dodge it, before releasing another fireball. Tyson caught it, then used his air manipulation skills to draw out the oxygen particles, successfully suffocating the flame. Before he could retaliate however, his left cheek exploded into pain and he was sent flying sideways.

Tyson wiped the blood off his chin. "Heh. Nice left hook. Now let me show you mine!"

From then on out, it was an all out war. The spectators watched in fascination as the Wind and Fire Masters exchanged blow after blow, in a mix of hand-to-hand combat and magic. Their blades were still in the arena mimicking their every move. The battle became more intense with each passing minute, the bond between their souls growing stronger, deepening with every strike.

As they became more enthralled in the battle, the more the world faded away, until all that was left was the two of them standing face-to-face.

"This is the best battle I've ever fought in my life Kai, but we gotta get this over with." said Tyson with a caring smile.

Kai smiled back. "I know. Give me everything you've got Kinomiya, because you're about to feel some real heat."

"Bring it on Kai!"

"AHHHHHHH!" Kai screamed as he summoned the last of his and Dranzer's power. "Harness the power of the sun! SOLAR INCINERATION!"

"STORM REVELATION!"

The final attacks collided and the light illuminated the entire city. The shock waves produced by the beyblades increased by a hundred-fold and the protective glass was completely incinerated.


. . .

The next time crimson eyes opened, stars were falling all around him. He raised his exhausted body and took in the sight of the 8 planets aligned in the night sky, underneath them, the ocean sparkled and shimmered, reflecting all the wondrous lights in it's blue depths. He looked beside him, and couldn't help but to smile. Tyson was safe next to him.

He watched as brown eyes opened. "We're back?"

"Yeah. We made it back." answered the dual-haired male dreamily, captivated how ethereal Tyson looked underneath the falling lights.

"Wow." Tyson sat up. "Man that battle was insane!"

"Yeah." agreed Kai, turning his gaze back to the enchanting world in front of them.

The males sat in silence for several moments, taking in the beauty of it all.

"Kai?"

"Hn?" said man glanced back at his rival, and forgot how to breathe as he found himself getting lost in sparkling chocolate orbs. Second by second he was slowly losing the battle of holding himself back from kissing those soft lips and claiming them as his.

"I'm not sure if you already know this or not, but here goes..." Tyson took a deep breath. "Somewhere along in our crazy adventures,

I realized how much I really do need you Kai. I realize now that all those things that I considered you a jerk for: 6 am training sessions, all the laps you made us run, the techniques you forced us to practice until they were perfect, not giving us all the answers, even though you knew them...you did all those things because it was your weird way of showing that you cared for us. I can't count how many times our backs were against the wall- sometimes literally- and you were the one who was there and pulled us through. When you left to join Tala's team, I tried to pretend that I didn't miss or need you but the truth is, I've always drawn strength from you. With you by my side, I feel invisible. Like the whole world could be against us, and it wouldn't matter because we would win. I guess what I'm trying to say here is...somewhere along the way, I feel in love with you Kai. Pretty crazy right?"

Kai's eyes widened as he felt his consciousness drift from this world.

Tyson loved him?

. . .


The crowd roared with excitement as everyone rose to their feet with thunderous applause. Beams of sunlight shone through the holes where the ceiling once been, illuminating the thin layer of dust that still hung in the air, creating a beautiful glow throughout the stadium. The large chunks of ceiling that had fallen, lay in craters formed by their impact. The smaller bits of debris danced across the floor in rhythm with the booming cheers and applause which easily shook the now very structurally compromised stadium. Not that there was much of a stadium left.

Only the seating area remained undamaged. Thanks to Max and his Draciel whose constant, skillful manipulation of the moisture in the air to create barriers, protected the spectators from the blazing heat and relentless winds from Dranzer and Dragoon's intense battle. The view was surreal. The stands were unscathed by the battle but the ceiling had so many holes it looked like a net of concrete, with barely enough walls left to support it. Calling it the Beybattle of a Lifetime would hardly do it justice. The battle they had just witnessed would forever be engrained into the memories of each and every person there.

Upon hearing his name being chanted over and over again, Kai rose to his feet and searched for Tyson. The midnight haired angel was lying face down on the ground, with Dragoon laying on its side near his head. Kai looked down at his feet, quite surprised to see Dranzer just completing its last few spins before falling over.

"And that's it ladies and gentlemen! The battle is over! Kai Hiwatari is the new World Champion!"

The audience went crazy, and Kai took a few seconds to let that statement sink in. He had won?

"Ngh."

Kai looked down and watch Tyson's twitch as the bluenette slowly regained consciousness.

He smirked and strode up to his rival.

50 million mouths dropped around the world as they watched the newly crowned champion, pick up the bluenette by his tattered shirt and fully kiss him on the mouth. The stadium went dead silent. Then from somewhere up in the stands, Tala stood up and screamed "FUCKING FINALLY!"

Several other beybladers started cheering and clapping and soon the entire stadium was whistling and cheering.

When the kiss ended Tyson just stared up at his crush with wide, surprised eyes, and the Russian chuckled. "Idiot. I love you too." Smiling the brightest smile he had ever smiled in his life, Tyson enthusiastically returned the kiss.


Ok, ok, so they finally confessed! But there's more! So pop in next chapter to find out what happens next! Until then please leave a review of what you thought of the confession and Kai winning the match instead of Tyson!

I'm gonna ask you guys to be a little paitient for the next chapter. Nawmay had his part almost completed, but his computer crashed at work and he lost all his unsaved progress. I'm going to be on him to get the next part done within the next two weeks though. Unlike every other chapter of Borderline, we have to start the next one from scratch. So fingers crossed it will be soon!