Chapter 8: Going Solo! A New Move!
Monday morning, it was clear at this point something was up. At school, people who used to come for Ugen and ask questions about the match that happened just a couple days ago now ignored him. He was a bit confused what was going on.
After school, he went to train with his team, as usual.
“Hey, Ugen, I need to talk to you about something,” Gabe said, “Saoki, Hoeinn, can you step outside, please?” Gabe asked. Saoki and Hoeinn nodded in agreement and left the room. Gabe got a serious look on his face.
“Ugen, I am disappointed,” Gabe told Ugen.
“Why is that?” Ugen asked. It was becoming clear to him what was going on.
“Your sportsmanship Saturday was horrible. Your smack talk went beyond smack talk. Insulting someone is not what this team represents. You’re getting overconfident because of the wins you’ve been getting the past few weeks in the tournament, and for that, I am going to suspend you from training sessions for a week,” Gabe explained.
Ugen started to explain, “But training together is much easie-“
“It doesn’t matter, Ugen. Getting stronger alone can be effective. I did it for a long time before forming this team. Now leave, please,” Gabe told Ugen.
Ugen tried to explain again, “But it’s better if I-“
“Go, Ugen, and don’t come to train with us until next Monday,” Gabe commanded. Ugen left the room, and Saoki and Hoeinn returned to the room.
Ugen went home, somewhat ticked off at what had happened just 15 minutes ago.
“Home already? What’s up Ugen?” Ugen’s Mom asked him.
“I was suspended from coming to training sessions until next Monday,” he explained to his mom.
“You probably got what was coming for you, so I can’t do anything about it,” Ugen’s Mom explained, “You’re welcome to train in your stadium outside.”
“I guess that works,” Ugen said, and went outside to train.
“Go Shoot!” Ugen launched. Ursa wobbled, hit the stadium wall, and burst. Ugen was out of it today after what happened at school. He had to get back in sync with Ursa.
“Go Shoot!” Ugen continued practicing and a couple hours in started to notice his feelings weren’t getting in the way anymore, and Ursa started to pick up speed. Ugen had pulled off Dual Strike.
“How about we try a new move, Ursa? I think I’ve got one in mind. It’ll be a while before we get the hang of it though, if it is even possible,” Ugen explained to Ursa, realizing how strange it was to be speaking to a beyblade. Ugen angled his launch for his new move, and launched.
“Go Shoot!” Ursa went to the center to try and circle it, but wobbled and scraped the stadium floor and burst.
As expected. It will take a while before I can master the move, Ugen thought. Ugen continued to practice the move, but it still was not working after an hour of practice. Then a blader yelled from across the fence on the sidewalk.
“Hey! You’re Ugen, right?” The blader asked.
“Yes! What do you want?” Ugen asked.
The blader opened the gate of the fence and walked into the backyard.
“I’m Alex, and Ares would like to battle you. After all, I am your opponent in the Semifinals,” Alex proposed to Ugen.
“I’m training right now, so probably not,” Ugen replied.
“Come on, we can learn something from each other if we do a battle,” Alex pleaded.
“Ok, fine, one battle and that’s it,” Ugen said. Alex nodded in agreement and struggled to hide his excitement.
“First, let me show you my bey: Angered Ares!” Ares had a double sword going through the middle of it and through the left and right side of the bey. The top part had the avatar of Ares and it’s helmet went through the outer part of Ares, creating a contact point. The bottom part had his hand held down and had a spear shape protruding out of the bottom part. It looked tough for sure, but Ugen knew Ursa could take it, as usual.
“Are you ready to battle, then?” Ugen asked.
“Of course! Let’s do it now!” Alex replied. The two got their beys ready on their launchers.
I can’t use my new move yet, so I’ll have to use one of my existing moves, Ugen thought, putting Ursa on the launcher.
“Three!...Two!...One!...Go Shoot!” They launched their beys, Ugen pulling off a normal launch for one of his moves.
“Go in, Ursa! Rush Impact!” Ugen yelled. Ursa rushed towards Ares and made impact, sending Ares into the air, taking two clicks. Ares did a flip and landed back into the stadium. Ursa rushed towards Ares again. Ursa banged into the wall once and took two clicks
“Now finish it! Dual Strike!” Ursa came into contact with Ares, sending Ares into a wall.
“Now, Ares! Sword Reverse!” Ares hit the wall on the spear tip and gave itself clicks back, as well as having the sword blades extend out. Ares came rushing at Ursa.
“It’s not over yet! Ursa! Go for Rush Impact again!” Ursa rushes towards Ares. They collide, and Ursa burst within a second upon impact.
“B-but how!?” Ugen said in a daze of confusion and shock.
“I won! I knew I could ace it!” Alex was excited, and knew he would ace Saturday’s Semifinals match,”Thanks for the match, Ugen! See you Saturday!” Alex opened the gate and left, closing the gate behind him. Ugen was still standing there in shock. A few seconds later, Ugen yelled in defeat and fell on his knees. He did that for about 10 seconds, then picked up Ursa, and tried to practice.
“Go Shoot!” Ursa wobbled and stopped spinning within a few seconds. Ugen knew he had to put his feelings aside when it came to the battle, and yet, he was still failing with his launch.
“Ugen! Time for dinner!” Ugen’s Mom had opened the back door and told Ugen.
“Ok, Mom! I am coming!” Ugen got Ursa and his launcher, and went inside the house.
To be continued in Chapter 9: The Semifinals! Claw Barrage!
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