The World Championships

Chapter 35 A Lesson In Honesty

"Good morning, everybody, now who is ready for another round of Beyblading?"

The whole stadium erupted into a flooding cheer that rang out loudly.

"Today we will be witnessing a mighty battle between the reigning, defending champions the G-Revolutions and their opponents the risky Risk Factor!"

From one side of the stadium entered the G-Revolutions, while from the other Risk Factor marched in. Now in the stadium, the two competing teams settled onto the benches. On Risk Factor's bench, Mr. Coupe gave Kristin an illegal version of her blade Marsh Brongersmai which Billu had made for her.

Kristin stood and confidently walked up to the shut platform; her high heeled boots clicked on the floor as she strolled.

"First up to represent Risk Factor is the beyblading cowgirl Kristin!"

Kristin stood at the stadium watching and waiting patiently for her opponent.

"Good luck, Daichi, and be careful."

"Yes, make us proud!"

"You can do it."

"Make sure you give it your all."

"Don't let her win"

"Thanks, guys, I'll do my best and I'll save some for you in the next round, Tyson"

After receiving encouragement from his team, Daichi stood up and walked over to the closed platform where he met Kristin readily. The ground split open and unveiled the Mount Olympus stadium, it looked amazing and treacherous at the same time.

Daichi quickly prepared his launcher, ripcord and beyblade. Kristin followed suit; she took her equipment from her mid thigh length blue skirt.

"3,2,1, Let It Rip!"

Daichi and Kristin launched their blades readily and eagerly into the forest below the huge mountain.

"Go, Strata Dragoon!"

"Marsh Brongersmai, attack!"

Strata Dragoon and Marsh Brongersmai began slamming each other hard.

"Strata Dragoon, full power attack!"

Heeding Daichi's command, Strata Dragoon launched a brutal attack on Marsh Brongersmai.

"Keep it up!"

"Marsh Brongersmai, attack!"

"Strata Dragoon, evade!"

As Marsh Brongersmai went in for the attack, Strata Dragoon shot away from it and Kristin's blade hit thin air. From her earpiece, Kristin could hear Mr. Coupe's voice giving her instructions.

"Kristin, time to enact my plan"

"Commencing Operation Bomb blast!"

Kristin's blade continued to run round the Mount Olympus stadium.

"You can run but you can't hide, Strata Dragoon, Spike Saw, I've got you now!"

The European dragon appeared and roared before breathing a blast of molten rock from its mouth.

"Goodbye, Marsh Brongersmai, goodbye, 3,2,1, detonate"

In seconds, Marsh Brongersmai exploded into red pieces. As this happened, Mr. Daniels filmed the explosion and wrote it down in his notebook. Filming the explosion enabled Mr. Daniels to find a component in Kristin's blade that caused it to break.

"Commencing shrapnel phase!"

Like bullets from a gun, Marsh Brongersmai's pieces hit Strata Dragoon and disoriented it, knocking it like a tennis ball. In seconds, Daichi's blade was now out of the stadium and lying motionless and damaged. Luckily, before Daichi's blade could be knocked out Mr. Daniels filmed the shrapnel and noted it down.

"Winner Daichi!"

Although he had won the match, Daichi miserably walked up and picked up a damaged Strata Dragoon.

"I don't believe it, you're damaged now"

Meanwhile, Kristin picked up the remains of Marsh Brongersmai, tears flowed down her cheeks as she walked back with her broken blade. Tyson had seen it all, his body shook with rage and his eyes burned with hate.

"Risk Factor need to realise that their unfairness is ruining the tournament and shattering the dreams of all of us bladers, just think about it they took out two good bladers, Miguel and Mathilda are great bladers and it is unfair how Risk Factor wrecked them that way and I hate that cowardly and cheap action, someone has to take a stand and say no and that's going to be me!"

"Tyson, wait, you don't know what you're up against!"

"Chief, please, you have to trust me!"

"But, Tyson..."

"Let him do what he needs to do, chief"

"Kai?"

"If Tyson feels the only way to beat them is in a fair match then let him."

Tyson drew himself up and walked over to the stadium, his eyes were glinting firmly.

"The G-Revolutions are sending Tyson to the dish, and he looks furious."

"Regardless of what Risk Factor do and no matter how much they cheat, I'll not fall to their level I'll defeat them fairly and honestly."

"Who will Risk Factor answer with?"

Before long, Daryl walked up to the stadium and faced Tyson. The hate in Tyson's eyes was burning brightly, fuelling his determination to defeat Risk Factor and teach them a lesson in honesty.

"Daryl is stepping to face Tyson; we've seen Daryl blade before and he's left his opponents in a shamble."

"This isn't the way we're supposed to win but Mr. Coupe would never misguide us, would he? All I know is Kristin's in pretty bad shape. Not as bad as her Beyblade though."

"I wish it were simpler, if only we could just win the next round, we would be able to advance. Unfortunately for us, the G-Revolutions have three strong Beybladers who can easily step up in his stead." Thought Mr. Coupe.

Tyson and Daryl stood opposite one another, they had readied their Beyblades and were poised to launch.

"3,2,1, Let It Rip!"

Tyson launched Dragoon quickly, Daryl was prompt to follow suit with Swampland Siamensis.

"Swampland Siamensis, attack!"

"Go, Dragoon!"

Swampland Siamensis and Dragoon collided, sparks flew as the metal clashed and drilled against each other. From his earpiece, Daryl could hear Mr. Coupe's instructions.

"Daryl, use your switchblades to destroy Tyson's blade, ensure he can never blade again."

"Yes, Mr. Coupe."

"Dragoon, attack!"

Dragoon heeded Tyson's command, shooting towards Swampland Siamensis and striking hard and authoritatively.

"That's it, Dragoon, keep it up!"

With intense ferocity, Dragoon continued its vicious attack on Swampland Siamensis, hitting fast, hard and brutally.

"Keep on the attack, Dragoon!"

"Let him think he's got the match in the bag, Daryl!"

"Understood"

Dragoon relentlessly pursued Swampland Siamensis, striking every few seconds and knocking it about.

"That's the way, Daryl, let him attack!"

Tyson was bemused as to why Daryl wasn't fighting back, a bad feeling brewed in his stomach as Dragoon attacked.

"Now, Daryl, initiate Operation Switchblade on my command!"

"Right away, Mr. Coupe"

In seconds Swampland Siamensis glowed purple and the blades on its weight disk shot out, they slammed Dragoon around like a cricket ball. Using his video camera, Mr. Daniels filmed the occurrence, especially the damage it was inflicting on Tyson's blade.

"Oh no hang on, Dragoon!"

"Daryl, increase the velocity of Swampland Siamensis"

"Yes, Mr. Coupe, Swampland Siamensis, full power!"

As Swampland Siamensis sped up, the switchblades on Daryl's weight disk became almost invisible. However, Mr. Daniels maintained his filming to collect the evidence. Dragoon meanwhile was being beaten hard and brutally.

"Daryl, make sure you destroy Tyson's blade"

"Yes, Mr. Coupe"

"Daryl, listen, what Mr. Coupe's doing wrong, he's using you to cheat!"

"Don't say a word against Mr. Coupe!"

"You don't understand, Daryl, Mr. Coupe is trying to use unfair means to win!"

"I don't care, Swampland Siamensis, cut that tree!"

"Look, Daryl, I've been in hundreds of battles and not all of them have gone but I haven't given up but you don't know anything about that!"

In seconds the tree fell on its side, trapping Dragoon beneath it and Mr. Daniels filmed it and noted it down, collecting the evidence carefully.

"Well done, Daryl!"

Daryl gladly walked away from the arena, thinking he had won and the battle was over.

"I'm sorry, Tyson, I wish I could have beaten you in a fair match, perhaps another time."

To Daryl's surprise, Tyson was smiling, unfazed by Daryl's apparent victory.

"Dragoon!"

Dragoon shot out from under the tree and smacked Swampland Siamensis from behind.

"What?"

"Surprise attacks are my speciality!"

"I can beat you in a fair match, Tyson!"

"Not while you're taking orders from Mr. Coupe, Daryl!"

Then Daryl did something that shocked everyone, he took off his earpiece and tossed it on the floor.

"What have you done, Daryl!"

"I've had enough of your evil plans and dirty tricks!"

"Now that's what I like to hear!"

"Swampland Siamensis, attack!"

"Go, Dragoon!"

Dragoon and Swampland Siamensis shot towards each other, meeting in the middle with a sickening crash that shook the stadium.

"Evolution Storm!"

"Quagmire Driver!"

A huge tornado surrounded Dragoon while Swampland Siamensis was encased in bright green light.

"Attack now!"

The two special attacks pushed one another as the dragon and Siamese crocodile clashed, soon Swampland Siamensis flew out of the stadium and onto the floor. Dragoon returned to Tyson's open hand.

"Winner Tyson!"

"Daryl, I hope you've learned an important lesson today."

"I certainly have, Tyson."

"That's good, it's wrong to cheat"

"Absolutely"

They shook hands before parting ways.

"An epic end to an epic match, also Daryl seems to have learned a salutary lesson, cheating will never pay. Join us tomorrow to witness the mighty Blitzkrieg Boyz clash with the Death Stars!"