Joy: No idea, it's so unlike her to disappear like this.
Kenny: There are already more than 20 reviews so she should be writing this
chapter.
Claire: DARKPSYCHIC! ARE YOU THERE?
~SILENT~
Claire: Where IS she?
Tyson: Yo Darkpsychic, I'm eating your food here! *pretended to eat*
~SILENT~
Tyson: Weird. I thought she should be jumping on me by now.
Rena: Look guys, she's there!
Darkpsychic: *crouch in a corner*
Ray: Are you all right?
Darkpsychic: *sniff* Is my fic really that bad until someone actually can't
read on anymore! *cries*
~EVERYONE GASPED~
Kate: Any idea what happened guys?
Max: *shudder* She hardly gets so upset.
Kai: It's because of that Oliver Killer fellow.
Everyone: WHAT?!
Kai: *rolled his eyes* He/she said that this fic is so boring that he/she
couldn't read on. Since it's her first fic, I think its' quite a bad shock
for her.
Darkpsychic: *growls but still crying* Oliver Killer only read the first
chapter and said it was boring, hey what did he/she expect? Chapter 1
SUPPOSED to be short and brief. Who the hell will reveal everything like
the plot and characters in the first chapter and then no one will want to
read on!
Kari: 0_o" Chill.
Darkpsychic: *sniff* Anyway, thanks to everyone who reviewed and this is
the chapter I promised you all.
Ray: Cool down man, relax.
Darkpsychic: Thanks Ray. *returns to normal*
Darkpsychic: Sorry about all that whining, now I present Chapter 5, the one
you all have been waiting for^^
Kenny: Darkpsychic does not own Beyblade but she do own the rest of the new
characters you will see in it like the Radicalz. /My turn already? Weird/
Darkpsychic: I made a little change to Chapter 1. Instead of going to
Europe after this, the Bladebreakers will be going to America instead.
Sorry about the mistake.
* * *
Chapter 5 ~The Battle of Strength~
/ Thoughts /
"Speaking"
* * *
"Joy?!" Tyson stuttered as he came face to face with his opponent in the
last zone.
"Tyson?!" exclaimed Joy as she turned to meet her opponent too.
The pair looked at each other in surprise. /Why do we have to meet now! Why
can't both of us pass. why/ Joy thought sadly as looked at Tyson.
Tyson smiled. "May the best blader win Joy. No hard feelings ok?" he said
as he reached out his hand.
Joy smiled back. " Deal. Do your worst Tyson! I am not going to lose this
time!" she shouted.
"All right! Let's get started." Tyson cheered.
"3, 2, 1, LET IT RIP!" Joy shouted as she and Tyson released their
Beyblade.
"How about another disappearing act? Dragoon, disappearing attack!" Tyson
commanded and his blade immediately disappeared.
" Your on! Agility Ictric!" Joy shouted and her blade disappeared too. /So
this is like last time/
/Let's see. I think I'm going to attack/ Tyson thought and shouted, "
Dragoon Storm attack!"
/Oh no, I don't have any attack to stop his blade from spinning./ Joy
thought nervously as she saw Dragoon coming out Tyson's blade started a
storm.
"What are you going to do Joy? Your blade can't slice my blade like Rena
did." Tyson asked as Joy's blade was sucked into the storm.
Joy suddenly smiled. " Time to introduce Ictric. Ictric, Blizzard now!" she
exclaimed and she released her bit power -a white ice sea serpent- and it
began to spin extra fast.
"You have a bit beast too?!" Tyson asked as he stared at the spinning fast
blade.
" You haven't seen all yet. Ictric, release the ice now!" Joy commanded and
a whirl of ice began to unravel around her blade and countered the storm.
"Very good, but not good enough to beat Dragoon. Dragoon final attack!"
Tyson shouted as Dragoon spins even harder and attacked Ictric.
"Ictric, final attack too!" Joy commanded and her blade that had just got
out from the storm began to circle the stadium.
"Dragoon!"
"Ictric!"
"Attack now!" shouted the both of them in unison and the two blades smashed
against each other, creating a mixture of storm and blizzard.
/I can't see what's happening at the stadium/ Joy thought as she struggled
to open her eyes with all the wind and snow blowing about.
/Man, she's good. I wonder what is happening at the stadium now/ Tyson
thought as he blinked his eyes several times to get a better view.
Soon the storm/blizzard died down and the two bladers went to the stadium.
/Oh my god./ thought Joy.
"Oh man! This can't be happening!" Tyson moaned as he took a look too. Both
blades were in pieces lying all over the stadium.
"Do we count this as a tie?" Joy asked nervously as she picked up the
pieces.
"Erm, I don't know. Judge? Hello?" Tyson said as he waved at the video
camera set at the side. The Judge saw what happened and went immediately
into the zone.
~~OUTSIDE~~
"Joy and Tyson had a tie! I wonder what will the judge say." Rena exclaimed
as they watched the big screen outside.
"Probably a rematch." Kate told her as she looked over Rena's head.
"They can't Kate, their blades are all broken." Claire told Kate in a
matter-of-fact tone.
"Forget about that, look there." Kari interrupted. Apparently she hadn't
been watching the match.
"What's so special?" Rena asked as she looked in the direction Kari
indicated.
"That boy's bit beast is so unique. I don't think you have any information
on that do you Claire?" Kari replied.
"Let me check. Reni? Can you please switch on?" Claire pleaded as she
opened her laptop but there was no reply.
Kari smirked. "Give it to me." She said as she took the laptop and began to
type at a fast speed.
"Hey! Why did you do that?!" Reni suddenly shouted out.
"What did you just did Kari?" Claire asked surprisingly.
"I disabled the program he is in." Kari replied and began to type again, "
It's the only way I can log into the files."
"See Reni? I told you Kari will do something to you." Claire told him.
"Grrr." Reni growled before keeping quiet.
"Chronozon, type is Black Demon." Kari read out as she hit a few keys, "
and that's all you have?!" she exclaimed.
"Yes. I'm not perfect you know!" Claire protested.
Kari did not reply as she watched the golden hair boy and his bit beast
Chronozon beat his opponent's blade so easily. /He is going to be a
challenge/
* * *
"I think we have made a decision!" the judge said as he walked into the
middle of the zone, " Since none of them can have a rematch, I officially
declare both Joy and Tyson as the winner! Both of them will pass this
test."
"That was the best decision ever. Both Tyson and Joy will pass the test in
this way." Ray commented as he watched the screen. Tyson and Joy were
happily slapping high fives before walking into the next zone.
"They are sure lucky." Max said as he smiled widely.
"Tyson is always lucky."
"And why is that so Kai?" Kenny asked, surprised.
"How do you thing he manage to get this far then?" Kai asked him in return.
"Well." Kenny was about to protest for Tyson when Mr Terasumi started
speaking.
"So I now announced that the only three winners of this test are Tyson, Joy
and Cheney. Their teams will all receive twenty points." He continued.
The Bladebreakers cheered and hugged Tyson when he ran back. Next to them,
the Radicalz did the same with Joy.
"I was so worried that one of you is going to fail!" Kate shouted as she
hugged Joy tightly.
"I was scared too but guess both of us made it through." Joy said as she
beams happily.
"The real battles haven't started yet." Rena whispered to them as she
signalled towards Kari's side.
Joy and Kate's faces fell. "They look as if they were going to kill each
other." Joy whispered back.
"May the best blader wins but it's a bit hard to tell is it?" Rena told
them. Joy and Kate shrugged.
"Honestly, I have no idea." They replied in unison.
* * *
"May the last few bladers that are going for the endurance test please come
forward." Mr Terasumi announced and at the Bladebreakers' side, Kai stood
up.
"Good luck Kai!" Max and Kenny shouted. Kai hmphed. (A/N: I guess I
invented this word. It actually means that Kai said the word "Hmph" ^^) "I
don't need luck to pass this. I've got pure talents." He told them before
walking to the middle.
"Well, well, I see that Kai's pretty confident. Man I know this is bad but
I'm actually imagining him being flattened by Kari." Tyson said after Kai
left.
"Tyson how could you! Kai's in our team you know!" Kenny scolded.
"Hey I was just kidding." Tyson protested back, " It's not going to be easy
to beat Kari anyway."
"Since when did you think so highly of Kari huh?" Ray asked, amused.
Tyson pretended to think thoughtfully and replied, " Since I started to
imagine Kai being flattened and wanted to see how it looks like."
Everyone laughed and then replied in unison, "You are going to be dead when
Kai hears this boy."
* * *
"In this test, you will be using a classical beystadium. This endurance
test is simple. Knock out as many opponents as you can in the stadium and
after a time limit of ten minutes, if your Beyblade is still spinning in
the stadium, then you passed. Bladers can choose to simply stay out of the
battle and stay out of all the trouble for the entire ten minutes but I
warn you, if you don't attack, then someone else will attack you instead
and it's going to take major time off your spinning time." The judge
explained.
Moans can be heard from several bladers. Kari smirked. /A piece of cake. My
blade can spin more than ten minutes and still take on three other blades.
How hard can this be/
"On the count of three, 3, 2, 1, LET IT RIP!" the judge shouted and all the
bladers released their blades.
"Shadow attack." Kari ordered and her black Beyblade immediately went
around the stadium and eliminated half of the opponents.
"What?!" one of the boys exclaimed as his Beyblade flew out after less than
ten seconds, "This can't be!"
Shadow went back to its original position after finishing all the blades
one the left side. Kari smirked at Kai who was one the other side. /Think
you can beat me Kai/
Kai smirked too. /The battle's just started/ "Dranzer, attack now!" Kai
shouted and his blue Beyblade began to kick out all the opponents on the
right side.
"You're pretty good Kai, but not good enough. Shadow attack now!" Kari said
after Kai had knocked out all the remaining Beyblades and they were the
only ones left.
Shadow went head one on Dranzer and with great force tried to push it out
of the stadium. Kai shook his head, " I thought you were powerful but this
is pathetic." He said as Dranzer was knocked into the air, "Dranzer, Spin
Fire Attack now!" he shouted and released his bit power.
Kari smiled. /He's really good. The so-call world champion is not just a
title after all/
Dranzer appeared in its bit form and the Beyblade headed straight at Kari's
black Beyblade who looked as if it's going to be toasted when~
"Shadow jump away now!" Kari shouted just as Dranzer was about to hit
Shadow.
Her Beyblade jumped like Rena's did and escaped easily from the attack.
"What?! Grrr. Dranzer, flamethrower now!" Kai shouted and when Kari's blade
landed, it suffered severe damage.
/Argh./ thought Kari as her blade begins to wobble a bit, /If this goes on
I'll never be able to spin till ten minutes/
"Ready for more? You are not as tough as you think you are." Kai told her.
Kari smirked, " You forgot that I have something called bit beast." She
told him, " Shadow, agility plus bite combo now!"
Shadow appeared in a mist of dark fog. It was hard to see how it looks like
but Kai managed to make out the outlines, it was a wolf type bit beast.
"Dranzer, counter it with your flamethrower again!" Kai shouted and Dranzer
appeared and went head on with Shadow. /Let's see how you escape/
"You forgot about Shadow's agility Kai." Kari told him as her Beyblade
disappeared from its present position and appeared behind Dranzer, thus
escaping the attack.
"Oh no." Kai murmured as Shadow hit Kai's blade with such a force that it
nearly flew out of the stadium.
"You're something Kai, this is the first time I showed my bit beast. Let's
end this. Another bite attack." Kari shouted.
Shadow prepared to launch an attack again when Kai decided to try and
counter it, " Dranzer, use your Flamethrower again."
Dranzer appeared in its bit form and went right towards Shadow.
~~MEANWHILE~~
"This is so nerve-breaking." Kenny murmured as the he watched the match.
The Radicalz and Bladebreakers were all standing together in a large group.
"Come on. Can't time go any faster!" Rena moaned as she looked at her
watch. Eight minutes had past.
"It's the only way to stop the fight since none of them is going to give
up." Ray muttered.
"I dunno. I'm actually enjoying this." Tyson told them.
Everyone turns and stared at Tyson who took a step back. " Hey, it's not
everyday you get to see Kai flatten by someone do you?" he shouted
indignantly.
"Sounds true." Joy murmured thoughtfully. Everyone turns to stare at her
now.
Joy blushed. "Gee, sorry! But it's kinda true you know. same here with
Kari."
Rena shook her head, " You two are hopeless." She sighed and went back to
look at the battle. Joy and Tyson sweatdrop but everyone's attention was
already back to the match.
* * *
"Shadow jump now!" Kari shouted as her blade jumped and avoided Dranzer's
attack.
Kai smirked. " What goes up must come down and I'll make sure you don't.
Dranzer destroy the entire stadium now!" he ordered.
Kai's blade began its destruction and soon the beystadium was in total
wreck except for the part his blade is spinning on. /Let's see how you
land/
"Clever idea Kai, but not good enough. Shadow, you know where to land."
Kari said as her blade headed right towards Kai's blade.
/Damn, I overlooked that possibility/ Kai clenched his teeth and then
decided to make a jump for it before Kari's blade landed on his.
Both Kai and Kari watched their blades with absolute concentration and so
did the rest of the Bladebreakers and the Radicalz from the side. The
judges chose this moment to blow his whistle.
"Time's up. Both Kai and Kari passed." The judge announced and all the
other bladers who were watching sweatdrop. (A/N: *sweatdrop*)
"What a brilliant time to blow the whistle." Murmured Kari through gritted
teeth and called Shadow back. /I was so near/
On the other side Kai rolled his eyes and recalled Dranzer. /This is so
irritating. That stupid judge/
The pair went started to walk back to their team who members immediately
separated so as to let the two of them know that they had been praying for
this.
"Phew, that was close." Kenny whispered as he recovered from the shock that
Kai and Kari had survived the test.
"Definitely. Man I was so nervous." Ray whispered back. Tyson suddenly
sighed.
"Hey what's up Tyson? Aren't you glad that both of them passed?" Max asked
curiously.
"Aww." Tyson moaned and sat down, " I was hoping to see how Kai would react
if he's flattened by a girl."
"I heard that." Came Kai's voice and his eyes flashed dangerously. Tyson
gulped and then Ray, Kenny and Max had to save him from Kai's clutches.
~AT THE RADICALZ SIDE~
Kari walked back with a murderous glare. The rest of the team shrugged and
they all had the same thoughts~ /I'm glad I'm not in the judge's place/
"Hey Kari," Joy called out timidly, "You passed so can you please keep away
that murderous look?"
Kari threw a glance towards her and then the glare disappeared. Joy gave a
sigh of relief, /For a moment I thought she was going to glare at me/
Rena smiled. "Kari never glares so murderously before, she must have really
wanted to battle Kai." She whispered to Kate.
"Yah. Hey! It's 5pm already!" Kate exclaimed as she looked at her watch.
"Which means the day is finally over." Claire smiled and said.
The Radicalz barely heard what Mr Terasumi had said before they left the
Beyblade School but when he did finished, all the bladers were out of the
hall in no time, including the Bladebreakers and the Radicalz.
~~AT THE RADICALZ CHALET~~
After returning to the chalet, the girls had all gone to do their own
things but at night they had a meeting, just before their bedtime. "I guess
we all showed our bit beast today. It was quite a record." Rena said as she
looked over Claire's shoulder.
Claire was checking on all the information they had on the Bladebreakers'
bit beast as well as that Cheney's bit beast they saw today.
"I saw Kenny's files before and they definitely didn't have much
information on our bit beast. There were some information about Kate and
Joy's bit beast, just a picture of Rena's bit beast and simply nothing on
Kari's bit beast." Claire told them.
"Shadow did a great job. No one had ever seen its real form before so there
weren't any information on it." Kate said.
"That's partially true. Another thing is that Kari hardly shows her bit
beast." Claire pointed out.
Kate nodded in agreement. "Except today. That Kai is really something."
All of a sudden, they all realised that someone was very quiet all the
while, not Kari as she's always quiet during meeting and only speaks when
necessary, but Joy.
Rena turned and then sweatdrop. Joy was already sleeping peacefully at the
side of the bed.
"Guess we should call a day huh? Let's sleep, we still need to go back to
the Beyblade School tomorrow." Rena said as she stood up. Everyone nodded
and then Kari, Rena and Claire left the room as Kate is sharing the room
with Joy.
"I'm not sleepy yet so I'll fix Joy's blade now." Claire said after they
went out of the room. Rena nodded. "Good night then!" she shouted and with
that Rena and Kari went back to their own room.
~~RENA AND KARI'S ROOM~~
Once the door closes, Kari abandoned all her coolness and fell onto one of
the beds in the room with a 'thump'. /I'm so beat./ Kari thought tiredly.
"You all right there?" Rena asked worriedly as she lies down right next to
her.
Kari gave her a smile. "I'm fine, just tired." She reassured her.
Rena smiled back. "It's nice to see you smile once in a while Kari." Rena
told her and Kari looked down on the bed they were on sadly.
"I wish I could be as friendly with the others outside but then, I never
get over my phobia." Kari replied sadly.
"It wasn't a phobia Kari, you were just too afraid to try. It's all your
grandfather's fault." Rena said angrily.
Kari said nothing as she stared at the bed sheets. The cold Kari was no
longer there. "I'm glad I met you," Kari said as she smiled at Rena again
and as her blade began to glow she added, "and Shadow."
Rena hugged her. " I'm just glad you don't find me as a nuisance." She told
her.
"I wouldn't. You and Shadow are my best friends in the world and you two
were the ones who helped me during the most difficult times." Kari
whispered as she stroke her blade.
Rena sighed. Kari's sad memory of her past is flowing back to her again.
"Let's not think too much of those days. No matter how hard they were, it's
already over and what lies before is the future not the past." She told
Kari.
Kari nodded. " I guess it's true. Let's sleep now, I'm beat." She said and
closed her eyes, " Good night Rena."
"Good night Kari." Rena whispered before going back to her own bed beside
Kari's. /I always hate the fact that tomorrow when I wake up, the cold Kari
will be back again/ Rena thought as she rolled to face Kari, /Someday the
world will see your smiles again Kari, someday when you can overcome your
fears, someday./
There was silent in the night as everyone slept peacefully.
* * *
Darkpsychic: Aww. that's so touching! *Sniff* Rena you did a great job.
Rena: It was the truth. Kari did have a sad past.
Darkpsychic: *returns to normal* Yah I know. Hey I wrote this story,
remember?
Rena: *sweatdrop*
Darkpsychic: There's only Rena and me here since all the rest are already
asleep so lets' keep this short. *Yawns*
Rena: You might not totally understand what I have said but you will soon
when we get to a chapter entitled "Kari's Sad Past" somewhere later so
please stay here and continue reading.
Darkpsychic: The Bladebreakers and the Radicalz will be going through an
obstacles course next chapter and you will see how the two teams help each
other pass this test. (A/N: I know it's ridicules but I really wanted to
let you all see how the two teams help each other^^)
Rena: There will also the first signs of Kai/Kari so please read on. *Yawn*
I guess I'll sleep first. *Went off*
Darkpsychic: *whispers* Shh. here's a little secret. I'm making the next
chapter extra interesting by showing signs of Ray/Rena too. Please read on.
Good night everyone! R+R *glances at watch* It's 2am already?! *Fell onto
bed and falls asleep*
Note: I mean it when I asked if my fic was boring, if it really is then
just tell me and I'll stop writing and remove this whole thing immediately.