Beyblade Fan Fiction ❯ Solitary Flame/A Final Spark ❯ Beginning of an End ( Chapter 20 )

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Chapter 20

Rei POV

I felt something poke my face the next morning. I slowly opened my eyes and saw it was Tyson.

"Dude," he whispered, "didja have a nice sleep?"

I glared, "What did I tell you about the dude thing?"

"Soooorrryyy." he childishly apologized.

I grinned, "Maybe-"

I stopped suddenly, feeling Destiny rustling beside me.

"G'MORNING DESTINY!" Tyson shouted in her face.

"Augh!" she fell to the ground witha thump and rubbed her head, "G-good morning, Tyson..."

I laughed, "Morning."

She smiled, "Good morning! ...Wait, what time is it?"

Tyson and I both looked at the clock hanging just above the doorway.

"It's nine.." Tyson began.

"It's 10:15, Tyson." I corrected.

Destiny's eyes widened, "I'm LAAAAAATE!"

"Late? For wha-"

"The match!" she grabbed her shoes and hurried putting them on.

Kenny walked into the room, obviously hearing what went on in the living room a few seconds before, "But Destiny, it was posted on the European Beyblading site this morning that Johnny would be blading in the final round."

She stopped all of a sudden, "I know..." she grinned, "But I wanna see Iris get her ass kicked."

A few seconds later, Destiny, Kenny, and I were on our way to the stadium. We took the car because we knew the first battle would be done by the time we stepped foot into the stadium.

I ushered Destiny to sit at the front with me.

"I know Iris isn't the sole reason you're going to watch the final round." I sighed.

"You're right." she admitted, "As much as I hate Iris right now and want to see her fall on her face, I owe it to Robert, enrique, Johnny and Oliver just to be there. If it weren't for them, I'd probably be back in Coach Chang's gym class right now." she laughed, "I feel like cheering them on for their championship game, anyway."

I nodded, "That's what i love about you, Des."

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Destiny POV

I was right. By the time we got to the stadium, the first match between Chloe and Enrique had only just finished.

"I didn't even get any info on her at all!" Kenny explained disappointedly.

"Don't worry, Chief. I'll let you have all the videos I took over webcam this summer." I promised.

It was nice to see Kenny's face light up as he set up Dizzi.

"The next round will be held between Ardene and Robert!" the DJ announced.

"I'll be back in a second..." I told Rei and Kenny. They nodded and I ran down to the bunch of chairs closest to The Majestics' bench.

"Yeah! Go Dene and Robert!" I managed to yell over the cheering crowd.

Ardene and Robert gave me a small nod and returned their gazes to the stadium, holding out their blades and launchers.

"3..." Robert began.

"2..." came Ardenes high pitched voice.

"1..."

"Let it RIP!" they shouted together.

Roberts blade gracefully landed in the dish Ardenes barely made it past the side barrier.

I grinned, "Nice fake out..."

Ardenes blade zig-zagged her way to Roberts blade, Griffolyon.

Roberts eyes widened, "So... fast..."

"Great, Derrel! Now, circle!" she commanded. Her blade started to circle around Roberts.

"Robert, up!" Johnny shouted from the bench.

Robert gave a nod of understanding, "Griffolyon, go up!"

I shook my head, "No..."

I saw Ardene grin, "You heard the man; up!"

Just as Roberts blade was reaching its highest point, Derrel jumped into the air and collided with Griffolyon.

"No!" he shouted as his beyblade fell on its side, out of the stadium.

Solely, Robert walked back to the bench, his blade gripped tightly in his hand.

"This final match will determine this years national champion! Battling for top spot will be Iris and Gladiator of Glasglow, Johnny!"

My heart fell. I would be missing the battle of a lifetime. I was just another puppet blader, a cover up, all over again.

I looked at Johnny, forcing a smile. He stared at me with his lavender eyes.

He walked around the dish. All eyes were on him.

"What...?" I thought aloud, "Wrong way, Johnny!"

He approached the DJ and whispered something to his ear.

"It seems..." the DJ began slowly, as if still trying to get Johnnys words through his head, "It seems like Johnny doesn't want to battle."

"Oliver! Oliver!" the fangirls in the crowd started to cheer.

"No!" Johnny shouted over the crowd, silencing them, "Destiny!"

My head jerked up when I heard my name, "Me?" I pointed to myself.

Johnny gave a nod and headed back to the bench.

I strided down to the stadium and whispered, "I don't have my beyblade, though."

Behind you! a voice shouted in my head.

I spun around quickly with my arm out and caught something in my hand. I held up a shining beyblade.

"...Driger?"

I turned back to the stands and saw Rei above everyone else, grinning.

"Use it!" he shouted. I nodded and turned to Iris.

"So, this is it..." I raised an eyebrow.

"Des, you're always such a sap..." she hissed.

"Shut up and blade." I took an extra launcher from my pocket and attatched the blade.

We didn't even count down.

Iris and I just launched our blades.

"You've seen me battle before!" I shouted to Rei's plade, "Please help me now!"

Driger glowed a faint blue for a second, and continued evading Iris' blade.

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Kenny's POV

"Wow. Look at the way she controls Driger, Rei!" I commented.

"I know..." he stared in awe at the match, "Maybe even better than I do... You can do it, Des..."

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Destiny's POV

"Look at yourself, Des." Iris sneered.

"What about me?" I asked, still focousing on the spinning Beyblades.

"You're not a real blader, you're not even on a team!"

"I... I am on a team!" I argued.

"Which one, The Majestics?" she laughed, "You're just a replacement. A last resort."

"At least I'm not a backstabber." I muttered under my breath. Driger zig-zagged closer to Iris' beyblade.

"You can't beat me. I know all of your moves, bitch." she boasted.

What was with her and calling me a bitch? I thought to myself. I shook my head, but I knew she was right. I didn't belong anywhere.

"An unknown, good-for-nothing puppet blader." Roberts words hung in my mind.

"I am not a puppet blader..." i said to myself, "I won't be covered up any longer! Driger, attack!"

The tiger-like bitbeast rose from the blade, a fierce expression on its face.

"You can't control that bitbeast." she warned, doubt flashing in her eyes.

Driger growled and attacked Iris' blade.

"No!" she shrieked from the impact, "Traya, you can do so much better than that! Do better or I swear..."

Iris' bitbeast rose from her blade, swiping its claws at Driger who narrowly evaded.

Both blades were slowing down...

"You can't take me!" Iris shouted fearfully, "No one can take me!"

"After all Ive taught you about blading," I grinned, "You've learned to be scared?"Anger once again surged through my body, "You took a knife and stabbed ime in the back. You made my best friends betray me! ... And still you're afraid of losing." I shook my head in disgust.

"I am not afraid of you, Destiny Mannings!" she shouted. Yet, I knew she was, "I am anything but afraid! I'm a real blader! I'm the best!" she denied.

Her blade spun too close to the side of the dish. I looked up at Iris, who was too busy denying everything to notice.

"Get her, now!" I shouted to Rei's blade.

Driger inched twoards Traya and easiliy pushed it out of the dish.

"Let's give it up for our new champions!"

The crowd let out a huge, defening cheer.

"Destiny! Destiny!"

Oliver, Enrique, Johnny, and Robert joined me on the stadium. We waved to everyone in the crowd.

I looked back at Solitary flame. Iris gave me an icy glare while Ardene gave me a smile.

"Good luck with everything, Captain!" she waved.

"Same to you, Dene!"I called back and continued waving.

"I have to say, that was an interesting match." Robert stated.

"Awesome job, Des." Johnny said, surprisingly extending his hand.

I took it and gave him a nod, "I owe you big time."

He gave me a surprised look, "No duh, Mannings. I'd be crazy to let you off debt free!"

I just looked at him with a questioning look.

"Nevermind... But next time we meet, you have to let me win at chess."

"Deal." we shook hands.

I nodded, "Thanks for everything you guys."

"Well Des, you can't be a Solitary Flame forever." Oliver grinned.

"Guess not." I smiled.

A few minutes later, Rei, Kenny, and Jacquie were up on the stadium with us.

"Hey!" I called to her.

She gave me a half grin, "Hey..."

I stuck out my hand, "FriendS?"

She took my hand, "You bet."

I nodded, smiling.

"Congratulations by the way!" she shouted. Everyone piled up around me and crushed me in a big group hug.

"Ughh..." I groaned.

"Now, now..." the DJ called, "We wouldn't want to crush our world champs would we?"

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Back In China

"Ms. Mannings, Mr. Kon, you have a science cell project to complete, a lab and chemistry demonstration, 15 quizzes of math and social, a language arts assignment, a chinese emperor history diagram and a research project about the Holocaust, all due tomorrow!" the secretary said cheerfully.

Rei and I sweatdropped, "Great..." we exited the office, a pile of books stacked clumsily in our arms.

"Science... Social... HISTORY?! Augh..." I stomped my foot in frustration, "We couldn't have been gone that long!"

"Do you want to just skip today and blade?" Rei asked. Not like him to skip, but who was I to argue?

Within seconds, I bolted out the door, leaving my books behind me, "Come on!" I called back, "You owe me a rematch, Kon!"

So that's it, Solitary Flame! How'd you guys like it? Give me some feedback so I know what to do with the sequel! Once again, I hope you enjoyed this story... It tookme &counts& 8 months to finish this... Wow it seems so long! Thanks to all my faithful reviewers and readers, especially Jacquie! This isn't the end for Des or Rei, it's just the end of this story. Watch out for the sequel!

xoxo Joanne