Chapter 27: The Dark King of the Underworld! Grim Hades!
“Now who wants to challenge me?” Hearts shouted shortly after Shu and BC Sol left.
Nika hurried out of her hiding place, only making it to Hearts after Quicksilver Eye. Quicksilver Eye challenged Hearts first, and they began the battle. “Three! Two! One! Let it...
Rip!” Quicksilver Eye stepped forward right before launching, sending Orichalcum into the center. Hearts used a very steeply angled launch, almost totally vertical to the stadium. “Hades, Grim Boost!” Hades began to zoom around the stadium, it’s disc scraping against the stadium. “Orichalcum, lock down the center! Mercury Wall!”
“Now Hades! Grim Spirit!” Hades tilted even further, sending sparks of green and purple flying. The number of sparks began to increase as it was wreathed in a growing, eerie aura. Eventually this aura began to writhe, forming distinct ghost-like spirits, as Hades began to right itself. “Spirit Attack!” One of the small spirits launched itself into Orichalcum, slightly destabilizing it.
Then another.
And another.
And another. Eventually, Orichalcum was surrounded in a crown of spirits, each dragging against the stadium and slowing it down. “Now use Grim Impulse!” Hades shot directly through Orichalcum, dissipating the spirits and sending its parts flying.
Then Nika went to challenge Hearts. “Three! Two! One! Let it... Rip!” Hearts did not use the same launch, instead using a standard launch. “Easy! Grim Impulse!” Hades shot towards Nyke. “Nyke, Victory Dodge!” Nyke tilted and struck the slope, a spring-loaded wing hitting the stadium and sending it darting away.
“Hades, Grim Impulse again!” Hades shot towards Nyke again. “Nyke, Victory Dodge!” Nyke dodged again, but did not escape nearly in time and was clipped by one of Hades’ blades. “Nyke, Victory Escape!” Nyke tilted and sped up, constantly springing of the stadium’s slope in an erratic pattern.
Hearts tilted his head, his eyes glowing red and green as Hades’ beast formed around him. “You like dodging my attacks, huh? Well then, dodge this! Grim Trap!” Hades began to zoom around in a wide circle, trapping Nyke inside. Then, the trap began to shrink, and Nika came up with a risky idea. “Nyke, Ultra Victory Star Launch!”
Nyke glowed golden as it rocketed towards the outer circle of Hades’ trap. Nyke’s aura formed around her and her eyes turned golden. The golden bey shot through the circle, since it was moving fast enough to dodge Hades. “What?!” Hearts said angrily in surprise. Nyke had begun to try its luck and bounced off the wall, shooting through the circle again and forming its star shape.
“How are you dodging them?!”
Nika smirked. “Oh, but I’m not! Nyke isn’t dodging any of those attacks! After all, you aren’t attacking!” Hearts’ eyes widened as he realized what she meant. Hades had tilted slightly off-balance after Nyke had hit it once and sprang away, and it’s disc had changed into defense mode, sending it into a tight circle in the center.
Hearts had somehow not noticed this until Nika pointed it out. Eventually, Hades and Nyke began to wobble, the two nearing their end. “Full power, Nyke! Victory Whip!” Nyke wobbled towards Hades, striking with a glowing golden wing. The purple and the golden beyblades both burst simultaneously, startling Hearts.
“I told Dark she had potential!” Quicksilver Eye said excitedly. “I suppose you can be in the tournament!” Hearts said, with a mixture of anger and delight. “Now the next challenger!” Eventually, everybody had battled Hearts, nobody else thinking of a plan to work around Hearts’ specials, and nobody tying or defeating him.
Shortly afterward, there came an announcement from Beyeen 2.0, the upgraded Bey Queen, and AI designed specifically for the occasion. “Now that everyone should be settled in and all, the team tournament is officially beginning! Our first battle will be BC Sol International vs the Thunderhawks! So get rested up for an exciting battle!”
The next morning, Toko hopped out of bed, pulling on his new outfit and preparing. Then, he realized that Shu had yet to tell them who would be battling in the tournament. “Hey, Shu, you never told us who would be battling in the tournament!”
Shu picked up a clipboard. “We’re sending out Alex, Cuza, you, and Corey, and Simon will be going out there, Simon as the backup!”
Simon stepped out of his room and waved shyly. He had very pale skin and peach eyes, and wore a black and red jacket. “The first battle is beginning, so get on down there and go battle!” Beyeen said energetically.
The five bladers, led by Shu, began to walk to the tournament area, which was actually a different place than the stadium area. The white-haired Blader led them all to a bench area designated for them and then he left to the seats. The bench across the room from them was empty for a few minutes, before the Thunderhawks finally arrived.
“Alright,” Alex said, taking the role of leader, “I vote we send out Toko first, then Corey, and then we send out Cuza. If we haven’t won by then, I’ll go out there. Everybody agree?”
The four bladers nodded their heads. Alex held his hand out in a ‘go team’ kind of gesture, and they all placed theirs atop his. “Go BC Sol!”
The room had steadily got louder as the other teams filled up the stands, until Beyeen came back onto the screen. “Everyone, silence! Our very first battle is beginning!”
Toko walked up to the stadium as the Thunderhawks sent up a dark-skinned Blader Toko didn’t recognize. “Three! Two! One! Let it...
Rip!” He was wielding Vice Leopard 6Cross Accel, an attack type combo, although the layer was a dark red, instead of the standard deep blue. “Trident, Hydro Twist!” Trident took the center, wavy blades glowing blue. “Burnbird, use our Burning Wing!”
Leopard, no, Burnbird seemed to grab Trident and drag it around in a circle with how fast it was spinning, creating a glowing red circle around it. Then it dragged Trident up to the wall, slamming it into the wall and releasing it. “Trident, Tsunami Crash!” Trident rolled down the stadium, smashing directly through Burnbird and bursting it.
“Yes!” Toko exclaimed, pumping his arm into the air. His opponent glared and walked away, abandoning the red Leopard. Toko picked it up. “Hey, you forgot Leop-Burnbird!” The floor under him opened up all of a sudden, dropping him down a long chute and out of the boat.
Toko’s eyes widened. “If that happens every time you lose, I need to be on my A-game!”
List of Burst Fusion Beys
01: Hydro Trident Outer Drift
02: Victor Nyke Zenith Beatdown
03: Electric Valkyrie 12’Knight Beatdown
04: Assassin Deathscyther 1Dagger Jolt
05: Chain Kerbeus 0’Wall Deflect
06: Screech Cockatris 11 Gust
07: Serpent Hydra 12 Ultimate Reboot
08: Gear Chronos 100Bump Zeta’
09: Thunderbolt Xcalibur -1Saber Cutlass
10: Mist Chaos 11Grace Float
11: Heaven Ouranous 10Flight Friction
12: Primal Behemoth 9’Fang Overdrive
13: Neo Driger 0Turn Reboot’
14: Neo Draciel 00Wall Atomic’
15: Neo Dranzer 7Lift Zephyr’
16: Neo Dragoon 6Meteor Evolution
17: Frozen Khione -10 Lockdown
18: Mercury Orichalcum Omega Quest
19: Cho-Z Spriggan 00Lift Steel’
20: Paradox Artemis 5’Fear Xtreme’
21: Sun Apollos 5’Fear Atomic’
22: Grim Hades 12’ Impact’
oh no i just woke up and two years have passed where am i what happened