BEYBLADE

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: THE FINAL BATTLE

Max grinned. "Ready as I'll ever be."

Kenny nodded. "Okay. Now, you remember the strategy. Just allow your opposition to run out of energy and stay on the defensive."

Max nodded in reply and turned to face Spencer. The blonde-haired blader stepped up to the beydish and gulped silently. "And then I attack. Okay Max. Remember your training, and keep to the battle plan. The tournament rests on your shoulders. Win this battle, and you win the tournament."

Kai stepped toward the bench and leant against the wall beside it, arms folded across his chest as he watched Max silently, his eyes darting from the blonde blader to Spencer. "Hnf. Max shouldn't be fighting this battle. I should be."

Max grinned cheesily and wriggled his fingers in a wave of greeting at Spencer. "Er, hi there Spencer. Ready for the match?"

Spencer smirked and held his blade, in it's launcher, and above the beydish while he awaited DJ Jazzman's go ahead. Max let his eyes scan over the mass of the crowd, their blue depth twinkling as they came back to view the beyblade within his hands. "Okay Draciel, let's do this." He loaded Draciel into his easy-grip shooter and held it above the dish, eyes now focused on Spencer's stance.

"3..."

Kai narrowed his gaze, eyes thoughtfully peering into the depths of Tomoshu's own. Why was he there? Come to think of it, he was the new member of the Demolition Boys; the fact that Tala was standing beside Kai proved that. Hnf.

"2..."

Max readied himself. Kai continued to gaze on at Tomoshu's form, the green-haired, emerald-eyed blader stepping forward just as Kai moved to get comfortable. What was Tomoshu up to?

"1..."

Spencer pulled an inch back on his ripcord and awaited the call. Kai began to feel restless and irritable. Tomoshu's presence was having an added effect on him, an annoyance and anger that he hadn't ever experienced. The taller boy gazed into the slate-haired boy's eyes, emerald orbs piercing into the very essence of Kai's soul. He shifted and ran up to Max's side, launching Dranzer into the dish as Spencer launched Seaborg, Max launched Draciel and Tomoshu launched his own blade.

"Hnf. you're see through, kid."

Tyson blinked, Rei tilted his head and Kenny yanked at his hair. "Is that allowed!?" The chief choked.

Tyson stuttered. "Uh...er...uh...u-uh..."

"No, of course it isn't!" Rei spat, clenching his fists into tight balls.

Tomoshu gritted his teeth as he sent a malicious grin at Kai. Kai just stood beside a silently stunned Max and stared mutely at the boy across from him, casting the slightest of side-glances at Spencer.

"Hnf. Just like you Demolition Boys to pull something tricky like this."

DJ Jazzman scratched the under-curve of his chin and tilted his head. "Erm..." He looked around at the crowd and listened as they cheered like crazy. Two players from each team battling at the same time wasn't written in the book of beyblade rules, yet the audience liked it and so DJ Jazzman allowed the battle to continue.

"Kai, you should be flattered, or at least Max should be."

Max tilted his head. "Why's that?"

"I didn't think Spencer was a formidable enough opponent for you, Max. I intervened to help make this battle a better experience for you, two against one… but now it seems that idea is down the drain, for Kai has joined in. I shall have to use my full potential, now."

Kai's left brow twitched. "Ugh. What's he getting at?"

"Max, Kai, just pull out of the battle!" Rei shouted from behind.

"Not a chance, kid." Kai spat, confidently.

"Uh... I'll just..." Max blinked. "...Follow the leader."

Tomoshu and Spencer smirked. "You do that." The latter hissed.

"Alright Kai. Get back to being a leader. Those two are up to something... what the heck is it? They smirk like brothers, their voices are almost identical, they launch their blades the same and they both appear to be hiding more than they let on."

Draciel and Dranzer immediately appeared from their bit-pieces, shining brightly as they spiraled into the air around each other, curving downward to deliver a dangerously hard blow to both Seaborg and Tomoshu's bit beast, Requix. The silver shark darted to the side and avoided the attack, though Spencer's blade was hit directly on it's bit-piece, sending it reeling out of control as it span across the beydish.

"Seaborg!"

The sea-oriented bit-beast came to its senses and whirled around, sprouting out of it's bit piece and bringing with it, a wave of energized water. Kai thrust an arm downward and Dranzer span away from Draciel and Requix, crashing his attack ring into the base of Seaborg, which sent the blade out of the ring. Spencer dropped to his knees and placed both hands upon the ground on either side of him, jaw dropped.

"H-how could this... h-happen?"

Kai grinned maliciously and pointed a digit at Spencer. " Too bad, Spencer. You're beyblading days are over!"

Spencer glared up at Kai's proud form, gathering Seaborg within one hand before stepping away anxiously. He was annoyed and angry and he tried to hide it, though his body language betrayed him as he sat down upon the bench restlessly.

The Blade-breakers' leader turned his gaze to Tomoshu, an emerald-eyed annoyance if ever he encountered one.

"Dranzer...Flame saber!"

Dranzer span so swiftly that it lifted from the dish and spiraled into the air, bringing with it a barrage of flames as it hurtled toward Requix. Tomoshu's blade avoided the fiery attack by twisting to the right, knocking into Max's blade deliberately as it did so. Max clasped a hand to his head and pointed at Draciel.

"Draciel, defense!" The green blade stopped wobbling and began to whirl in one spot, though the force from Requix caused Draciel to do otherwise.

Max's blade whirled out of control and flew out of the dish, narrowly missing the blader's shoulder as he darted out of the way to avoid it. Turning to view the idle blade now on it's side behind him, Max frowned and went to retrieve Draciel, sliding him within the pocket of his pants. Kai gave a brief glance at Max before continuing his attempted onslaught at Tomoshu.

"Give it up, Kai... You cannot win against my tuned power." Tomoshu ratted on, a casual and calm grin tilting his mouth into a curved upward angle.

"Pfft.... Whatever kid. You're no different from the bladers I've beaten in the past." Kai spat in reply.

Tomoshu gave a low chuckle. "Very well then, Kai. You've forced me to prove you wrong, yet again."

Requix gained speed as it circled Dranzer's idle body, glowing brighter with each revolution until the silver shark bit-beast emerged from the center. Kai looked up at the creature and blinked in unstoppable surprise. Requix towered at least twice over the size of Seaborg, creating a slim to none chance of Kai's victory.

A strong gust of wind encased both bladers and the beydish, keeping them within an icy-cold barrier of air. Kai spread his legs slightly to balance himself properly against the wind's force, an arm wrapping firmly in front of his stomach as he braced himself, the tail of his scarf violently flapping about his torso.

"Come Kai!" Tomoshu shouted above the roar. "Show me what you haven't got, ahehmhm."

Max rejoined the bench where Tyson, Rei and Kenny sat, with Dizzi on his lap, his blonde bangs hiding the sad expression on his face. Tyson slung an arm around the blader's shoulders and grinned, encouragingly.

"Awe, come on Maxie." He began. "You were awesome out there. You rocked!"

Max smiled, slightly.

"Yeah..." Rei added. "We'll win for sure after this battle. You and Kai make a good team."

"Awe... thanks guys." Max grinned.

Kenny smiled at Max and turned to watch Kai's battle against Tomoshu. Tomoshu had just loosed the Bite Barrage on Kai's blade, Requix's teeth sinking into the translucent skin of Dranzer's neck, the force of the blow creating a strong updraft which almost knocked Kai from his feet as it sent him skidding a little ways back.

"Dranzer, Fire arrow! Spiral survivor!" Kai shouted.

The red blade managed to avoid a second attack from Tomoshu's own and swirled around to the back of the Requix, shooting into the air and sending a wall of fiery arrows as it span toward the beydish's surface once again. The shark recoiled as the bigger number of arrows hit their mark. Requix faded into the bit-piece and disappeared from view as its bey-body began to wobble out of control.

Kai grinned. "Hah! Too easy." The wind was still swirling around his form and as it died down, he relaxed, noticing that Tomoshu was standing over his blade as it crashed into the ground outside of the ring.

The Blade-breakers cheered, along with the audience surprisingly, as DJ Jazzman announced their victory.

"I saaay...' Tyson jumped in the air. "...We celebrate at the best place we could possibly celebrate... at!"

The Breakers stared at him dumbfounded, all except for Kai whom added, "The Pizza place around the corner," With a smirk of expectancy on his face.

Tyson nodded and slung his arms around Max's, and the Chief's shoulders. "Let's go guys! I'm starved!"

After the boys had been congratulated and glared at by the Demolition Boys, they left the arena with Tala and Mr. Balvery for the nearest Pizza village, a large complex of three buildings serving nothing but...Pizza!

There's no better way to end a beylading season.

(A.N= That was really hard to write, that chapter. O.o…. Anyway, enjoy. =) It's the last one.)