The World Championships
Chapter 2 The Australian Qualifiers Block A
It was eight o clock in the morning when Qantas Flight 874 reached Melbourne Airport. The plane gently landed and taxied down the runway, before being towed towards the exit tunnel. Upon the plane reaching the exit tunnel, the G-Revolutions woke up slowly, before adjusting their seats.
"Well, here we are, so let's get to the stadium to watch those preliminaries" Tyson said brightly, rubbing his eyes.
"Tyson, we need to check into our hotel first and then we'll go to the stadium" Kenny replied.
Tyson wasn't exactly happy with this, but the Australian preliminaries didn't start until half past ten, thus enabling the G-Revolutions time to check into their hotel and put their baggage away. The G-Revolutions quickly took to collecting their baggage from the airport, before going outside to wait for their taxi.
As the G-Revolutions hauled their baggage to the taxi, Tyson spotted another Beyblade team, consisting of three boys and two girls along with a man clad in a black business suit and shoes. The man also had hazel green eyes and a neck length mullet. Kai looked over at the man, he could feel something strange about him.
The G-Revolutions went over to the other Beyblade team, when Tyson promptly struck up conversation.
"So, what are you guys doing here" he asked.
"We're here for the same reason you are" replied a girl with a slim figure, fair skin, long bright green hair that reached the middle of her back and blue eyes. She was dressed in a blue denim jacket over a tank top of the same colour, belt, jeans and Nike Air Max trainers.
"You're here to watch the preliminaries too, right?" Tyson asked.
"That's correct" the green haired girl stated.
"Are you looking forward to them?" Tyson queried.
"Yeah, I was too psyched to sleep when I was on the plane what about you?" the girl answered.
"Yeah, I'm interested to see who'll make the team," said Tyson.
Suddenly, Kenny realised the time and interrupted.
"Tyson, sorry to break up your conversation but our taxi's outside" he said.
"I've got to go but I look forward to seeing you at the tournament though, and I'm Tyson by the way" Tyson said quickly, extending his hand.
"Taylor" the girl replied.
"It's nice to meet you" Tyson stated.
"You as well, Tyson" said Taylor, she shook Tyson's hand before they parted company.
As soon as the G-Revolutions had left to go to their taxi, the man with the mullet looked down at Taylor.
"Who was that you were talking to?" he asked.
"Tyson Granger, the Beyblade World Champion" Taylor answered.
"Ah, so the world champion is going to watch the preliminaries, eh" the man said.
"He certainly is, Mr. Coupe" Taylor stated.
"Well, it'll be interesting to see how our illegal Beyblades can be used in the championships" Mr. Coupe smirked.
"What illegal Beyblades?" Taylor asked, irked about the mention of the subject.
"The ones we used to win Vietnam's preliminaries" Mr. Coupe replied.
"I don't remember using any illegal Beyblades there" Taylor stated.
"Daryl, jog Taylor's memory" Mr. Coupe stated, pointing to a boy with wildly spiked blue-black hair and green eyes.
"Thanks to Mr. Coupe's illegal work and the risks we took in our battles, we've won the preliminaries" Daryl stated.
"You're welcome, Daryl, we'll be implementing those in the championships but for now we have to get to the hotel" Mr. Coupe replied.
Mr. Coupe led the five members of Risk Factor away from the airport lobby, towards the exit where another taxi arrived. However, this taxi was different from the one that the G-Revolutions were in, it was more like a van. Then the two taxis drove away, following one another at first.
"Man, it was certainly interesting to meet another Beyblade team at the airport" Tyson stated.
"It was but we'll be competing against them in the championships" Kenny replied.
"The only downer was that there might be another Barthez situation" Tyson added.
"I don't think they're anything like Barthez's old team" Kenny reassured.
"Yeah but, there was something about Mr. Coupe that reminded me of Barthez" Tyson replied.
"I'm sure Mr. Coupe is nothing like Barthez" Kenny stated.
"How can you be sure" Tyson asked.
Kenny was silent for a minute, trying to think of an answer. The awkward silence was because despite trying to reassure Tyson, he didn't know Mr. Coupe at all.
For the duration of the taxi journey, Tyson was looking over his shoulder, observing Risk Factor's taxi, if it was following them. As Risk Factor's taxi turned off, Tyson could see Taylor waving to him. He waved back and gave her a thumb up, she did the same to him.
After another twenty minutes of driving, the G-Revolutions reached their hotel in Melbourne. It was a huge hotel, with a spacious lobby and fish tanks dotted all over it. Kenny went up to the reception desk and spoke to the receptionist about the booking.
The booking was quickly sorted, and a porter helped them take their bags up to their rooms, all of which were on the same floor. However, they left their bags in their rooms and kept their Beyblades on hand, ensuring that they would be safe for the Championships. After their bags were put away and everyone had showered and got back into their clothes, the G-Revolutions went back down to the lobby, it was now nine o clock in the morning.
"What time's the taxi going to be here?" asked Max.
"In ten minutes" Kenny replied, looking at his watch.
"Good, I'm really looking forward to it" Tyson chipped in.
Sure enough, Kenny was right because the taxi had arrived bang on time. Now that the taxi had arrived, everyone rushed out to get in, filling it up fast. The driver then turned on the gas pedal, pulling away from the hotel.
As the G-Revolutions travelled away, Tyson noticed another taxi coming up behind them. He turned his head round, spotting Mr. Coupe in the front seat of the other taxi. Tyson could see that Mr. Coupe was in a foul mood, his eyebrows were practically knitted together.
Tyson couldn't help laughing when he saw the look on Mr. Coupe's face, especially as they passed one another. Mr. Coupe, on the other hand didn't look amused, he shot Tyson a stern look but that didn't bother the world champion.
About an hour later both taxis arrived at the Docklands Stadium, the drivers parked and the G-Revolutions and Risk Factor got out of them. Tyson looked over at the stadium, the place was packed to the brim. He could see countless Beybladers and spectators, luckily Kenny was prepared with their booking reference so there'd be no problems there.
Kenny quickly sorted out the seats for the G-Revolutions, while Mr. Coupe did the same for Risk Factor. While this was being done, the G-Revolutions started mingling with Risk Factor, interacting with them. However, this stopped when Kenny and Mr. Coupe had sorted the seats and the two teams split up, before going to spectate.
As the two teams parted company, Tyson wondered to himself whether Risk Factor could be trusted. However, he couldn't let that distract him from the tournament. The G-Revolutions walked up to their seats in the front row, right opposite the stadium, Tyson could see Risk Factor sitting at the very top but on the opposite side.
"Welcome to the Australian preliminary tournament, this tournament will determine who will represent Australia in the world championships. There are five blocks in the tournament and the winner of each block's gauntlet will become a representative of the Australian team" DJ Jazzman announced.
A loud cheer rang from the crowd, flooding through the stadium. The G-Revolutions could see countless Beybladers, all of whom were wearing wristbands to represent their tournament block. All the block A beybladers were wearing blue wristbands, while those in block B were wearing red.
The block C beybladers were wearing yellow wristbands, Block D beybladers' wristbands were green. Finally, the Block E beybladers' wristbands were purple.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls get ready to Beyblade because it's now time for the Block A qualifiers, first up from block A will be Xavier Smith" DJ Jazzman shouted, as a sixteen-year-old boy who was wearing a blue Adidas tracksuit, baseball cap and trainers stepped up, he had fair skin, blue dreadlocks and green eyes, this was Xavier Smith.
"Xavier's no slouch, especially with his Forest Crotalus' Venom Sting attack, he'll be infecting his opponent" Brad Best stated.
"His opponent will be the ever rough and rugged Darrion Walker" DJ Jazzman stated.
Darrion Walker was a well-known Beyblader from Honolulu, Hawaii and he had already won three national tournaments. He was seventeen-years-old with fair skin, blonde hair and blue eyes. His outfit was comprised of a black leather jacket over a sleeveless top, belt, black jeans and biker boots.
"Darrion's an unpredictable blader with his Rock Bicornis bit beast, one wrong move with him could spell disaster for the opponent" AJ Topper said.
The two beybladers took positions in front of one another, eyes gleaming and ready to battle.
"Let's see what stadium they'll be battling in" DJ Jazzman said.
In seconds the stadium appeared, it looked like Ayers Rock in the dish with a small amount of water surrounding it.
"Alright, Beybladers, get ready" DJ Jazzman announced.
Xavier and Darrion took their positions opposite each other, preparing their Beyblades and launchers.
"Three, two, one, let it rip" DJ Jazzman stated.
Both Xavier and Darrion released their Beyblades into stadium.
"Rock Bicornis, attack now," Darrion commanded.
Darrion's grey and blue Beyblade zoomed towards Xavier's gold Beyblade.
"Dodge now" Xavier snapped.
Forest Crotalus evaded Rock Bicornis and spun behind it.
"Rock Bicornis, charge"
Darrion's beyblade zoomed towards Forest Crotalus, like a rocket. Xavier saw this and quickly reacted, ordering his blade to dodge. Rock Bicornis crashed into the far side of the stadium, miraculously though it still spun.
"Rock Bicornis, Scorching Sand attack"
An armoured black rhinoceros appeared and bellowed. The rhinoceros slammed its feet on the ground. A huge cloud of sand formed and became spherical, the rhinoceros thrust the sand cloud with its horns. Darrion's blade was coated in sand coloured light.
"Darrion clearly wants to end this quick; he's calling out the big horns" Brad Best stated.
"Xavier's gonna be history if he doesn't act soon"
"Forest Crotalus, back spin and go behind him" Xavier commanded.
Xavier's beyblade passed Rock Bicornis and confused Darrion.
"What the deuce"
"Nice try, Darrion" Xavier smiled.
"Oh yeah, go, Rock Bicornis"
Rock Bicornis turned, slammed Forest Crotalus hard and sent it into the wall. Xavier cursed furiously but he wasn't discouraged.
"Counterattack now, Forest Crotalus"
Forest Crotalus slammed aggressively into Rock Bicornis, knocking it around like a tennis ball. Darrion looked on, shocked as Xavier's beyblade banged him around.
"That's it, keep it up" Xavier commanded.
"Fight him, Rock Bicornis"
"You're welcome to try"
Suddenly, Rock Bicornis began to viciously attack, striking faster and faster with every passing second.
"Shoot"
"Keep going, Rock Bicornis"
Rock Bicornis began pushing Forest Crotalus into a corner, grinding hard and viciously.
"Now back away"
"What's going on, why's he backing away"
"Now, Scorching Sands, again"
The rhinoceros appeared once again, it grunted loudly and slammed its front feet on the ground. A huge cloud of sand formed and became spherical, the rhinoceros thrust the sand cloud with its horns. Darrion's blade was coated in sand coloured light.
"Perfect"
Xavier stayed relaxed while his beyblade spun. He waited patiently for Rock Bicornis to get in close, once it was close enough, he struck.
"Forest Crotalus, Venom Sting Attack!" Xavier commanded.
A golden yellow rattlesnake with black crossbands appeared, it hissed and coiled up with the tip of its tail rattling, it opened its mouth and shot a blast of white needles from it. The needles hit the rhinoceros's eyes and blinded it. Rock Bicornis began to fade from the poison and fell over, Forest Crotalus gave one slam more and sent Rock Bicornis flying out of the stadium.
"Winner Xavier" DJ Jazzman announced.
Darrion picked up Rock Bicornis and slunk away, defeated.
Forest Crotalus returned to Xavier's hand, he walked back to the blue-sky box.
"That Xavier must be really good if he beat Darrion so quickly," said Ray.
"He's clearly no push over with that speed" Tyson added.
"Xavier clearly knew what he was doing" Daichi stated.
"You shouldn't underestimate him, but he was good" Kai added.
"Ah so Xavier defeated Darrion, but how will he fare against us" said Mr. Coupe
"It will be interesting to see"
"Yes, it shall"
Before long, DJ Jazzman announced the next players for Block A.
"Next up for block A is the ever-risky former Zagart blader Jack, his Sickle Weasel bit beast could really send you for a ride.
The G-Revolutions were stunned to hear Jack's name and hoped it was another Jack. However, it wasn't to be because the very boy who had tried to take Dranzer from Kai was down below.
Jack was a fourteen-year-old boy with long waist length olive hair and blue eyes, in the past he had worked for the evil Doctor K and tried to take the G-Revolutions' bit beasts, luckily Kai defeated him but he had his blade fixed and his bit beast returned to him. He was now reformed, smartly dressed in a half sleeved shirt, belt, jeans and Doc Martens and out for a spot on the Australian team. He made his way to the closed platform and stood there patiently.
"His opponent is the film star Olivia Rooney"
Tyson's ears shot up, hearing Olivia's name, his paternal cousin was competing.
"I didn't know my cousin was competing."
"She's your cousin?"
"Yes, Max, my dad's younger brother's daughter."
"Olivia may be attractive, but with her Strix bit beast, she can cut you down to size"
Olivia Rooney was a fifteen-year-old girl with fair skin, long wavy mid back length golden blonde hair and amazing green eyes. She was wearing a full sleeved green jumper over a black and white floral skirt and strappy heels.
With Jack and Olivia now facing one another, the platform split and unveiled the Fraser Lakes Stadium. It was a huge sand island complete with beautiful freshwater lakes.
"Beybladers, get ready"
Jack took his launcher, ripcord and grey beyblade from his jeans, while Olivia took her orange beyblade, launcher and ripcord from her skirt.
"3, 2, 1, let it rip!"
Upon hearing that statement, Jack and Olivia launched their beyblades which landed on the sand island.
"Go for it, Sickle Weasel" Jack instructed
Sickle Weasel slammed into Strix like a hammer.
"Counter attack, Strix" Olivia commanded
Strix pushed Sickle Weasel back hard.
"Sickle Weasel, fight back"
"Attack, Strix"
Sickle Weasel and Strix locked against each other, rubbing in opposite directions.
"Push it back now, Sickle Weasel!"
Heeding Jack's instruction, Sickle Weasel shoved Strix back with ease.
"Strix, slam now!"
With a single slam, Strix pushed Sickle Weasel back hard.
"Strix, attack again!"
In a trice, Strix went in for another attack, shooting straight at Sickle Weasel.
"Sickle Weasel, evade!"
As Strix made another attempt to attack, Sickle Weasel dodged gracefully.
"Sickle Weasel, attack!"
"Strix, evade!"
Sickle Weasel understood Jack's command and went in to attack. However, Strix danced aside, leaving Sickle Weasel to come up empty.
"Sickle Weasel, Wind Sickle Claw"
A black weasel with scythes for front paws appeared, a powerful tornado surrounded it and Jack's beyblade, the tornado dealt sickening damage to Olivia's blade. Seeing the state of her blade, Olivia's heart was in her mouth and her eyes were full of fear.
"Strix, Full Moon Ultimate Flight attack"
A silver full moon appeared, followed by a beautifully armoured Great grey owl, silver light glowed around Olivia's blade and white aura surrounded the owl, it flew straight into the air, shot down, banged into Sickle Weasel and knocked it out of the stadium.
"Who won?"
In minutes, Sickle Weasel was lying motionless. Strix was damaged but still spinning, Olivia caught her beyblade and walked away, blowing Jack a kiss.
"Sickle Weasel is out, as is Jack"
"Olivia is the winner"
"Let's make it official"
"Jack put up a good fight, but Olivia just had the win"
"Well, she might be interesting to face"
"That's if she makes the team"
"Good point"
"She beat Jack really quick"
After Olivia went back to the blue sky box, DJ Jazzman announced the next combatants.
Tyson looked down; his eyes recognised a familiar figure down below.
"Third up is the ever-reckless Chad Danforth"
Chad Danforth was a seventeen-year-old boy with a dark tan skin, brown eyes and a big afro. He was dressed in a black t-shirt and jeans with black trainers on his feet.
"Sick, another of my cousins is competing as well"
"Chad's your cousin"
"You got that right, Kai, my dad's older brother's middle son"
"Really"
"Yeah"
"Chad is one wild beyblader, with his Accipiter bit beast's Quill Cascade attack"
"His opponent is none other than the overweight but fierce, Willoughby Hooper-Smith"
Willoughby Hooper-Smith was an overweight fourteen-year-old boy with red hair, fair skin and blue eyes. His outfit was a Repton school uniform that consisted of a blazer over a V necked pull over, a white shirt, tie, grey trousers and polished black shoes.
"Willoughby's a tough customer with his Berengei bit beast's Thunder Hammer, but how will he fare against Chad"
"Now let's see what stadium Chad and Willoughby will face off in"
The closed platform split and revealed a stadium that looked exactly like Pearl Harbour, it was complete with mountains and airfields with aircraft carriers in the water, along with American and Japanese planes that were aerially suspended by fishing wire.
"How interesting, Pearl Harbour"
"3, 2, 1, Let it rip"
Chad and Willoughby launched their blades onto the harbour's edge.
"Accipiter, attack!"
"Go, Berengei!"
Chad's purple blade and Willoughby's green one collided hard in the middle, sparks flew as the metal connected.
"Accipiter, slam now!"
Accipiter slammed Berengei with heavy blows and fierce authority.
"Keep attacking, Accipiter!"
Berengei, multi slam!"
The door was closed on Chad's attack, for now Berengei was heeding Willoughby's orders to attack back.
"No way, Accipiter, counter attack!"
Somehow, Chad managed to regain control and fight back against Willoughby. However, would it be enough to win? Or would Willoughby take the match?
"Accipiter, hit him with a multi slam!"
Just as Willoughby had closed the door on Chad's attack, Chad did the same to Willoughby, he was striking fast and hard.
"Berengei, attack!"
"You keep attacking as well, Accipiter!"
The two blades continued to clash, both Chad and Willoughby were putting all their energy into the match.
"Berengei, Thunder Hammer"
A huge mountain gorilla appeared with a thunderous roar, it pounded its chest, before seizing a huge hammer with a weighted head that had electricity exuding from it. Blue lightning surrounded Willoughby's blade which slammed Accipiter out of the stadium and into the air.
"Nice try, fat boy"
"What do you mean"
"Accipiter, Quill Cascade"
A Northern Goshawk emerged screeching, its wings were glowing white and with a single beat it projected a powerful gust of feathers. A white light shone from Chad's blade as this happened.
"Oh no" screamed Willoughby
"Afraid so, fat boy"
Accipiter slammed Berengei right out of the dish to Willoughby's feet, before returned to Chad's open hand, as quickly as it defeated Berengei.
After defeating Willoughby, Chad returned to the Block A skybox where he listened for the next battle. Before long, DJ Jazzman was picking out the next bladers.
"It's time for Block A's Fourth Round, Beybladers, get ready"
"Here comes the wild and rugged Juan Carlos Ruiz"
A sixteen-year-old boy with spiked brown hair and brown eyes, made his way to the stadium, this was Juan Carlos Ruiz. His outfit was comprised of an Adidas tracksuit and trainers.
"Juan Carlos is one crazy blader, with his Venom Cobra bit beast, he can poison you out"
"His opponent, accompanied by her Siberian sidekick Flash is none other than the frozen Cossack Sakura Saito."
Sakura Saito was a beautiful seventeen-year-old girl with a slim figure, fair skin, green eyes and wavy ocean blue hair that hit her elbows. She was dressed in a long trench coat over a full sleeved sweater with a mountain design on it, black jeans, belt and knee high snow boots. A shawl was wrapped around her shoulders and a Cossack's hat sat on her head. A Siberian Husky with woolly grey and white fur, ice blue eyes and a sickle tail was leashed and walking by her side.
"Sakura is no slouch, with her Ryujin's Sparkling Snow Blast attack, she'll freeze the competition"
"Let's see what stadium they'll face off in"
The floor opened to reveal a canyon bowl that was composed of rocks on all sides, a long, winding river ran through the middle.
"3,2,1, Let it Rip"
Juan Carlos removed his launcher, ripcord and yellow beyblade from his jeans before launching it into the bowl. Sakura promptly followed suit, readily pulling her equipment of her belt, and releasing her own white blade.
"Ryujin, attack"
"Counter, Venom Cobra"
Ryujin and Venom Cobra struck one another, rubbing each other in opposite directions.
"Keep attacking while you can, Ryujin!"
Ryujin slammed Venom Cobra hard, but Juan Carlos refused to give in.
"Fight her, Venom Cobra"
Venom Cobra heeded Juan Carlos's command, it struck back fiercely and brutally.
"Don't stop, Ryujin!"
Heeding Sakura's instruction, Ryujin fought Venom Cobra hard, slicing with heavy blows.
"You keep on the attack, Venom Cobra!"
From out of nowhere, Venom Cobra gained a sudden surge of power and it slammed Ryujin hard.
"Keep fighting, Ryujin!"
"You too, Venom Cobra"
Ryujin and Venom Cobra continued to slash at one another, sparks flew as they clashed.
"Ryujin, slam now!"
"Counter, Venom Cobra!"
Ryujin and Venom Cobra slammed into each other, the air filled with sparks from their impact.
"Venom Cobra, multi slam!"
Venom Cobra heeded Juan Carlos's instructions and began slamming Ryujin around like a tennis ball. Sakura's heart was in her mouth and eyes were as wide as plates, full to the brim with dreadful tears. She couldn't stand by any longer, she had to pull something.
"Sparkling Snow Blast!"
A lean white Japanese dragon with green eyes, backward pointing horns and a thick blue mane appeared, two rows of sharp teeth lined its huge mouth and a sapphire sat on its head between its eyes, it roared and a powerful blast of sparkling icy blue wind shot out of the dragon's mouth and froze the cobra. Sakura's beyblade was encased in blue light, it slammed Juan Carlos' blade clear and broke it into pieces.
Juan Carlos fell to his knees, while Ryujin remained spinning before returning to Sakura's hand.
"Winner Sakura"
"That Sakura is one excellent blader she beat Juan Carlos so quickly"
"She'd definitely be good competition if she makes the team"
"That's if she makes it"
"That was one intense battle, now we have one more before the deciding gauntlet"
"Bring on Block A's final Beybladers"
In seconds, the first of the final two Beybladers stepped up, he was a fourteen-year-old boy with a black mullet and blue eyes, this was Kayden Jones. Kayden Jones was dressed in a black t-shirt and long shorts with a pair of white Adidas trainers.
"Kayden Jones is one rugged challenger, his Thibetanus bit beast can be really tough to beat"
"His opponent Guy Moore, is nobody's fool, he may lack in offence but makes up with a terrific defence"
Guy Moore was sixteen-years-old, tall, fair haired with blue eyes and he wore an Everlast hoody over a belt, black jeans and blue Nike Air trainers. He met Kayden readily at the stadium.
"Now let's see what stadium these two will face off in"
The stadium rose from the ground, it resembled a junkyard, laden with rusty cars, troughs and a fake German Shepherd Dog.
Kayden quickly attached his beyblade to his launcher and put his ripcord into place. Guy swiftly followed suit, he was prepared quickly and efficiently.
"3,2,1, let it rip"
On that command, Kayden swiftly launched his red beyblade straight into the stadium. Guy was all too quick to act with his own green one.
"Attack, Thibetanus"
"Go, Horridus"
Thibetanus and Horridus slammed each other in the middle, drilling each other hard and firmly.
"Horridus, slam!"
"Evade, Thibetanus"
As Horridus went into attack, Thibetanus smartly evaded, leaving it to miss and get nothing.
"Thibetanus, counter attack now!"
Thibetanus shot towards Horridus and struck it hard, knocking it back with authority.
"Thibetanus, attack again!"
"Horridus, slam back!"
The two blades hit each other again, the metal sparked the air as they collided.
"Push it back, Horridus!"
With a single shove, Horridus knocked Thibetanus back easily.
"Curses"
"Nice try, Horridus, attack again"
"Thibetanus, evade!"
As Horridus went into attack, Thibetanus swiftly dodged and left it to snare thin air.
"Thibetanus, attack now!"
"Horridus, slam back!"
A heavy bang rang out as the two blades collided, they connected heavily and separated after the impact.
"Keep attacking, Thibetanus!"
"Don't throw in the towel, Horridus!"
Thibetanus and Horridus still ferociously attacked one another, neither was going to throw in the towel.
"Thibetanus, Blazing Eruption!"
"Horridus, Thunder Horn Blast!"
An Asian black bear appeared with a roar; it shot a powerful blast of red-orange fire from its mouth. Flames surrounded Kayden's blade which shot towards Horridus. At the same time, a green triceratops clad in black armour appeared, it roared and shot a powerful blast of green lightning from its horns. Green lightning encased Guy's blade and the two attacks collided in a stalemate.
A blinding light flashed through the stadium; all the audience covered their eyes from it.
When the light cleared, Horridus was laying motionless on its side while Thibetanus was only just still spinning.
"Kayden is the winner"
Thibetanus returned to Kayden's open hand, while Guy trundled back to the audience.
"Now all winners from Block A, come down as it is now time for the deciding gauntlet"
In seconds, Xavier, Olivia, Chad and Sakura came down to join Kayden.
"Beybladers, are you ready"
"Yes" the five winners shouted back in unison
"Now, the rules of the gauntlet are as follows, first, all five participants will launch simultaneously. Second, temporary alliances are allowed to be formed. Thirdly, if there is any unfairness, those responsible for it will be disqualified and last but not least, the last blader standing will be the winner"
"Now let's see the stadium, we're battling in"
"How clever, a pirate ship stadium, love the motorised sharks in the water"
"3,2,1, Let it rip"
All five beybladers launched their Beyblades into the pirate ship.
"We've got to win this, Strix, Full Moon Ultimate Flight attack"
"Nice try, Ryujin, Sparkling Snow Blast!"
At that precise moment, Ryujin and Strix appeared and executed their special attacks. A stalemate occurred, in which a blinding light flash took over the stadium, before stopping to reveal Ryujin still spinning and Strix broken into pieces.
Upon seeing this, Olivia picked up her broken beyblade and walked away with tears falling down her face.
"Thibetanus, Blazing Eruption attack"
"Oh yeah, Ryujin, Sparkling Snow Blast"
Thibetanus and Ryujin appeared, blasting their special attacks. A splash was heard in the water, and one of the sharks ate Ryujin.
Sakura walked away, her broken beyblade was catapulted towards her and she did so.
With Sakura and Olivia defeated, only Chad, Kayden and Xavier were left.
"Attack, Accipiter"
"Counterattack, Thibetanus"
"Go get'em, Forest Crotalus"
Xavier, Chad and Kayden's Beyblades tore into each other.
Xavier's beyblade was attacking just as much as the other two.
"Thibetanus, attack, knock him out"
"Oh yeah, Accipiter, go"
"Attack, Forest Crotalus"
"Keep attacking, Accipiter"
"Bring it"
"I will, Kayden"
"You're going down"
"We'll see"
"Go in for the attack, Accipiter"
"You too, Thibetanus"
"Blazing Eruption"
"Quill Cascade"
"Venom Sting!"
Thibetanus, Accipiter and Forest Crotalus appeared and unleashed their special attacks. All three collided in a stalemate, resulting in a cloud of wood flying up. In seconds, as the cloud dissipated and the smoke cleared, both Thibetanus and Accipiter had stopped spinning, while Forest Crotalus was still spinning.
"Both Thibetanus and Accipiter have stopped"
"But what about Xavier and his blade"
"It's still spinning"
"Ladies and gentlemen, here is your winner and the first representative for Australia's team, Xavier Smith"
Forest Crotalus returned to Xavier's open hand as he raised his arm in victory. Xavier walked over to Chad and Kayden, he extended his hand and each of them shook it.
"Good battle, guys, let's do it again"
"Definitely"
"Look forward to it"
"What a show of good sportsmanship by Xavier"
Toronto, Canada
In a spacious hotel lobby in Toronto, Canada, five beybladers, three boys and two girls were watching the Australian qualifiers.
"I don't know what strategy Xavier was using, but I have to say it was very efficient," said Logan
"We can agree on that, but whether he can implement that in the championship is anyone's guess" added Anna
"You're definitely right, Anna, but I've known a blader to play it safe in battle" stated Jared
"Relax, Jared, it's a risky strategy but it can produce results" River chipped in
"Just because they were good in this case, doesn't mean they'll be the same every time" Kira added.
"You make a good point, Kira, but you can't deny that Xavier must be a good blader" Anna stated.
"Well, he certainly seems it, but we'll have to see how he tangles against Frozen Fortitude" Logan replied.
"No doubt my Frosttusk Monocerous is going to drill him into next week"
"Like your confidence, Jared, but best not get overconfident"
"You got that right, Logan, but when we see him in the championships, I look forward to facing him"
"All I can say is that my Glacial Quickhatch is ready to go"
"Glad you're enthusiastic, Kira, but we've got to be careful"
"Too right, Anna, who knows what we'll be up against"
"We should look forward to it, but still keep our guard up"
"Definitely, but it's going to be great fun"
"Now who's ready for the championships" Logan asked, pointing his fist out in front of him.
"I'm ready to see Frozen Fortitude win" Jared stated, placing his fist next to Logan's.
"Definitely, it's time to get the gold," said Anna
"Count me in" River added
"I look forward to competing but also to having fun, it'll be fun to make some new rivals and friends" Kira chirped.
The other three bladers placed their fists, along with Logan and Jared's.