❏ chapter, twenty three.
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↳ THE FINAL SHOWDOWN (PS: WASN'T WORTH IT) !

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did i just have a super amazing and swaggy main character moment? yes, yes i did. but on with my overly suffocating victory which has yet to come.

while i stood in front of that overly enlarged stadium meant for literal spin tops, finally, my inner girlboss ego awoken. in other words, shit is about to get real.

i may have forgot to mention that your girl is hella competitive. Especially against m*n.

nasty hoes.

"SECOND BATTLE!"

kill me now

okay, so, hear me out... is it just me or... is the referee kinda hot-

"LET IT RIP!" BITCH DON'T INTERRUPT MY IMORAL THOUGHTS-...oh wait i still have to win this.

both beys were now in the stadium doing whatever spiny tops do. i need more motivation to win this. and how will i do that? easy. by remembering every reason that lead up to me, and my hatred towards shu.

while both beys held there own pride i was given a hot minute to recall everything wrong with my life and what that old boy has committed against me.

1. he stole my paper air plane.

i don't know about y'all but that's enough for me to wanna commit homocide.

bruh at that point i was FUMING with anger and sadness from that poor piece of paper.

#justiceforpaperirplane2024

i clenched my launcher and nearly snapped the handle in two. all that built up rage of my LITERAL PAPER MASTERPIECE BEING DESTROYED finally floated back up to the surface.

lmao y'all your girl about to go feral right now🦶

maration who prob sensed my mood like the empath he is got the hint and charged for spryzen like there was no tomorrow. both spin tops- i mean beys clashed together, creating immaculate power.

then, finally after one big hit.

CLINK

both beys were flown out of the stadium and hit the ground. but which one landed first?

everyone turned there eyes to the referee, awaiting his call.

when suddenly the man raised his hand to the winner. "MARATION, RING OUT FINISH. THATS ONE POINT TO Y/N L/N! THE SCORE IS NOW ONE TO ONE!." and the crowd goes wild.

but not even gonna lie, i was low key disappointed in myself. i was trying to go for a burst finish, but, that didn't turn out, did it...

i picked up maration and stared at it. it's too late now to be regretful, so guess i'll just get over it-

'GIRLY POP STOP BEING A SORE FUCKING LOSER, WILL YA?! ITS EMBARRASSING ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT YOUR ASS IS MY OWNER. ITS EVEN WORSE IF YOUR A PATHETIC SPORT-'

'MAN SHUT UP MARATION IM TRYING MY BEST YOU WHORE. LETS JUST WIN THIS SO WE CAN ALL GO HOME OKAY?!'

'FINE.'

'FINE.'

...

LMAOO.

but honestly thanksaration, now my empty heads back in the game so thanks homie i owe you for that one bea <3

but deadass let's just win this so i can go home and take a five hour nap.

after my lil scene right there i looked upwards to see shu doing the same thing i was. he rose his eyes from his *COUGH* DEMONIC *COUGH* bey and made eye contact.

i wonder how his shoulders doing? bad, probably. thanks to his battle with galt last time, it took serious damage to his shoulders health bar.

wonder what's going through the mans head right now...

SHU KURENAI'S POV

i clenched the spryzen tightly in my hand, agitated and confused. she was so fast. since when? since when was she ever seen this concentrated and fixated on a battle? as far as i'm concerned all she ever did was wing it. y/n doesn't care. she could care less about anything. why does that make me so infuriated?

my shoulder has left me in a state of set back. with that and the possibility she's been holding back this entire tournament... there's no way...
i narrowed my eyes and gripped my bey even tighter.

there's absolutely no way i'm going down like this.

Y/N SHIKATANI'S POV

...did bro seriously just have a whole ass main character moment or-

BRUH I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF MY MAIN CHARACTER MOMENT SO PISS OFF WOULD YA?!

men, UgH😒

always stealing the damn spotlight...

"THIRD BATTLE!" i would scream 'shut yo striped ass up you hoe' to the referee for interrupting my inner thoughts but... he's hot.

So i SUPPOSE i'll let it slide🙄

the two of us once more got into position like we've been doing for the last twenty minutes. just kidding it hasn't been that long. or maybe it has and it's just the fact i don't know how to tell time BUT THATS NOT THE POINT.

the point is-

"LET IT RIP!"

yeah, that.

as soon as shu launched his bey, he flinched and closed his right eye in agony. looks like he really did push his shoulder too far...

L

as for his launch, spryzen came out wobbly. his shoulder was really weighing him down.

not to brag or anything, BUT MY LAUNCH WAS PRETTY GORGE😍💅

'uh, earth to dumb bitch, did you mean gorgelicious? or gorgetastic?'

'NO, MaRaTiOn. I MEANT GORGE.'

'are you learning a foreign language or something?'

...

THIS HOE-

'BRUH JUST SHUT UP AND FOCUS ON THE BATTLE.'

'mood.'

'whatever.'

ah shit never mind i lied my launch was ass it's legit hitting the stadium walls like it's brain left to go smoke a joint.

'I CAN HEAR YOU YOU KNOW-'

'MARATION SHUT UP YOU CRACK I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO NOT COME OUT OF THIS BATTLE AS A LOSER SO BE QUIET WILL YA?!'

...

anyway, having no choice, i decided to make my very much embarrassing launch an advantage 'cause that's how we big brains roll.

i continued to crash against the walls of the stadium, which pushed against maration and gave him speed. meanwhile shu had already recovered from his shit launch and was circling the stadium.

at some point both beys we're going up against each other head to head, with equal strength and stamina, there was no way to determine who had the winning chances. our scores are tied, the crowd on edge.

of course me being... well you know me, i was getting slightly bored and impatient 'cause...

1. i'm hungry and want to go eat.
2. and two... i'm hungry.

and by the looks of it shu felt the same. he shot me a glare that said something like "let's wrap this up."

MAN SHUT UP!! TELEPATHY IS ME AND DAIGO'S THING!!

then outta no where shu screamed at the top of his lungs, "GO, SPRYZEN!"

oh well, guess i'll join the scream fest too. mentally.

'SLAYY MARATION-😍'

'SHUT UP I'M TRYING TO CONCENTRATE-'

CLINK

the sound echoed through the room. "both beys hit the ground simultaneously. it's a draw!"

"ARE YOU FOR REAL??"

JUST SEND ME HOME ALREADY.

but little did i know that this was gonna last a lot longer then i hoped.

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"FOURTH BATTLE!"

"FIFTH BATTLE!"

"SIXTH BATTLE!"

"SEVENTH BATTLE!"

"EIGHTH BATTLE!"

"NINTH BATTLE!"

"TENTH-"

"OKAY WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" yeah, you read that right. for the next ten battles we were stuck in a tie after tie.

spoiler alert: it sucks.

at this point both of us were out of breath and tired. i'm gonna be honest, i might just die here.

"THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! JUST HOW MUCH MORE CAN THESE TWO TAKE?!" SHUT UP HANAMI.

i mentally sighed. all i ever wanted in life was to wed my one true love... the principle.

AND I GET THIS INSTEAD?? WHAT THE HELL WORLD?!

while the crowd was going wild, i looked back at them, about to have another swagger main character moment.

i made eye contact with mio who merely stood there with a blank face, then smiled at me while i smiled back, huffing and puffing from how many rounds we just went.

lmao, that's what she said-

now that i think of it, this whole situation really takes me back to when i first even got my grimy hands on maration in the first place.

i had just been freshly kicked off the archery team at my old school after i 'attacked' the coach? BUT IN MY DEFENCE THAT HOE HAD IT COMING🤬

but anyway- after that whole shit show i was stuck with no physical activity and was even lazier then i was before. long story short, mio snatched me out my seat and handed me some spin top that i most definitely was never gonna use. she claimed it was popular and fun with kids my age and i just a stared at this girl like: "...be so fucking for real."

AHEM, so yeah i never used it till soon after i transferred schools and met all them crack heads at the bey club and finally got into the sport.

do i regret it?

absolutely.

am i going to quit?

no, if i even tried i'd probably just be guilt tripped by everyone.

okay but back to the plot and my main character moment-

the point is, i have expectations placed on me and i'm sure as hell not gonna be a let down. that's lame😒

just as i was finishing my monologuing the ref spoke. "are you two okay to keep going?" ge asked to our literal DYING forms. shu just nodded, out of breath. with that we both got back into our positions and i kinda sat there feeling lost.

for the first time ever, i think i might actually lose this...

'BITCH DON'T YOU DARE BRING THAT SORE ASS ATTITUDE UP HERE.'

'BRUH WHERE DID YOU EVEN COME FROM??'

'THATS NOT IMPORTANT, WHATS IMPORTANT IS THAT ME AND YOU WIN THIS SO WE DON'T LOOK LIKE FOOLS BY EVERYONE AROUND US. SO FOR THE LOVE OF MY FOOT FETISH WILL YOU STOP ACTING LIKE YOUR DOING THIS BY YOURSELF?? GIRL THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A TEAM AFFORT.'

'FOOT FETISH??'

'THATS NOT IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW! JUST FOLLOW MY MY LEAD AND DO AS I SAY!!'

'OKAY, OKAY, RELAX.'

after that...or whatever that was, ended, the countdown from three to "let it rip" ended as well. both beys were launched into the stadium and i don't know how... but subconsciously maration was telling me to circle the stadium and avoid spryzen.

like, he wasn't even talking to me at all but i somehow knew that was the right move. wait, is this what happens when something really cliché yet op is gonna happen? huh, guess we'll just have to find outtt-

so i did what my gut told me and circled the edges of the stadium, avoiding the red rabid bet as best i could.

it was odd for an attack type bey to not... well ATTACK, and hanami was sure to point that out.

MIND YOUR BUSINESS DAVID.

at some point, spryzen charged my way the exact moment maration lined up with the outer red streak of the stadium and completely BOOKED IT.

homie went sonic mode for real.

of course shu was fairly surprised and so was everyone else. even ME.

after the black, gold, and red bet had its speed run around the stadium, it went down even closer to the edges while running away from spryzen. it hit against the inner walls till finally it was yeeted into the air.

"WELL WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT?! MARATION HAS BEEN FLUNG INTO THE AIR! COULD THIS REALLY BE THE END OF Y/N SHIKATANI'S WINNING STREAK?!"

AS FUCKING IF IMA LET THAT HAPPEN-

"now, maration!" i yelled 'cause i'm girlboss that way. and like on cue, maration went flying down on top of spryzen. it was the flashiest six seconds i've ever witnessed. like, LITERALLY.

THERE WAS LIGHTNING COMING FROM THEM.

then finally...

CLINK

considering i have like, three brain cells, i couldn't even process what just happened. i stared at the ground in a daze. the only thing to have broken my daydream was the ref's call through the crowds silence.

"MARATION WITH A BURST FINISH! Y/N SHIKATANI IS THE WINNER."

say what.

i shot my head up and stared in disbelief.

yeah something like that.

maration had just stopped spinning and was frozen in the stadium next to spryzen's three parts.

the crowd was going WILD while hanami was narrating the shit outta things, ahu kinda just stood there, and i was still in denial.

like, bruh, i was just winging it that entire time...there's no way that just worked...😨

'TOLD YOU WE COULD WIN YOU CRACK!!'

suddenly, marations voice zipped me back to reality, while the first thing i did was look the crowds way to see mio smiling proudly.

so, this is real, huh??

'HELLO?? DON'T DIE ON ME NOW WE JUST W-'

"WE WON🗣️🗣️‼️🙏!!"

yes, i did just process that now.

'MARATION OMG WERE LITERALLY AMAZING WHAT?!'

'I KNOWWW, I TOLD YOU!'

'YEAH!! but like... when we gonna talk bout that apparent foot fetish of yours-'

'WHO CARES ABOUT THAT WERE LITERALLY BFF'S NOW!'

'FAX.'

i rubbed my eyes so i wouldn't ball out crying. you may be wondering, why am i so happy? wel, the truth is...

DADDY PRINCIPLE HAS BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME AND I CAN SEE HIM RIGHT NOW CHEERING ME ON😍😍😍😍

HSJABAJHSJSHAIAH YA'LL IM DOWN BADDD💃💃💃

i low key shed a tear 🛐🛐

the while i was celebrating the fact i finally have an actual CHANCE with a crippled old man, i felt an unwanted presence before me, and i looked up.

oh, you're still here😐

great.

it was literally shu, the one and only who had a REALLYY forced smile going on while he put out his hand to shake on it. "you know, your win is nothing to cry about."

"..."

"what."

i don't know about y'all but i think there's been a misunderstanding...🤨

me + crying over a win = no.
me + crying of happiness cause my seventy year old man crush might like me back literally just because he came to my game = yes.

"pfft- i don't cry. crying is for the weak🙄"

"..."

"just shake my hand already."

then we shook hands and before the two of us knew it the entire bey club ran onto the stage and tackled us in a hug.

THESE WHORES.

"THAT WAS AWSOME! YOU GUYS ALMOST LOOKED AS COOL AS ME!!"

no one:
honcho trying to give a compliment:

"HONCHO'S RIGHT, THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!"

AWW VALT MY CHILD-

"MARATION WENT LIKE ZOOM! AND THEN SPRYZEN WAS LIKE WHAM BAM! AND THEN-" ken had to cover his mouth just so he wouldn't shatter everyone's ear drums.

"yeah, that was pretty cool." daigo added in while finally they got off the ground and laughed about it. it's not funny. i nearly just had my bones crushed.

and not even three seconds later hanami waddled his ass onto the stage and held the microphone up to my face. "and now a word from our winner! first time champion y/n l/n! any thoughts you'd like to share??"

i just stared at this manz trying to figure out what to say. "uhh, well...it's a huge honour to be herez and now, having won and all...but," i paused and looked over to the L next to me.

"i can't help but feel that it wasn't a completely fair match." in response, shu narrowed his eyes, knowing exactly what i was getting at.

before hanami could process what i just said i continued my speech. "in the end i'm girlboss and completely SLAYED this tournament, thank you NEXT🙄💅"

everyone on stage sweat dropped at my AMAZING speech and low key cockiness but that's just how we role here.

"and how about a word from our other contestant, shu kurenai??" he held the mic to shu like he did with me and smiled. "thank you, even though i didn't come out victorious, it was truly an honour to battle against my...." he paused, and looked my way with a poker face, then grinned.

"friend.. to battle against my friend."

SINCE WHEN WERE WE FRIENDS MOTHER FUCKER😐

delusional as fuck.

but anyway-

"YOU HEARD IT HERE FOLKS!! TO OUR TWO CONTESTS WE'LL SOON BE SEEING IN NATIONALS, LETS GIVE THEM ONE MORE BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE!" hanami hyped up the crowd while they went berserk on the cheering once more.

then i realized...

i still have to go to nationals, don't i...?

....😨

AW HELL NAHHHHHH.

FUCK THIS.

WASNT WORTH IT.

BRB I'M GONNA GO KILL MYSELF, THE FUCK?? 🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🐺🐺🐺🐺‼️