Chapter 13 - Charity Match

“Geez! This is crazy!” I shouted to Heather as we squeezed towards front through the screaming crowd.

I made sure that I held Heather's hand every inch of the way, until we finally got to the front. The instant

I looked up on that stage, I couldn't believe what I saw. “Hey Mason, isn't that blonde kid up there your

friend?” Heather asked. Suddenly, an all too loud and familiar voice came out of nowhere. “Hey Mason!” I

looked to my right to see Tyson and Kenny standing next to us. “Dude! What're you doing here? I thought

you were back at the hotel!” Tyson shouted over the steadily growing crowd. Tyson looked past me and

his eyes went wide with surprise. “Oh, who are you?” Tyson asked. I realized he was talking to Heather and

looked over at her. She smiled and nodded politely. “I'm Heather. It's nice to meet you, Tyson.” Tyson

smiled brightly and looked back at chief. “Hey! She knows my name!” he said excitedly. “Oh, Mason's told me

all about the BladeBreakers” Heather said happily. Kenny and Tyson both smiled. “He says you've already

won the Asian Tournament. That's great!” Suddenly, an announcer's voice came on to announce the opening

show, and I remembered what was going on. “Hey Tyson!” I called out. “What's Max doing up there

onstage?” Tyson paused and looked up at the stage, where the mayor from the dinner party last night and

the MC stood, saying something about a charity bey-battle. “I have no idea” Tyson replied, still fixed on

the huge stage in front of us. I stood, watching Max; standing in line next to a bunch of other kids, who

apparently were also participating in this battle. “Now remember folks” the Mayor spoke from his

microphone “the money collected from today's event will go straight to the BBA Children's Benefit Fund. So

give generously!” “Spoken like a true benefactor, mayor!” the MC added. “And now, ladies and gentlemen, let

the first match begin!” Tyson and I both stared at each other utterly confused. “Oh! I get it!” Kenny

said. “This is one of those charity beyblade tournaments where they charge you in order to raise money for

some benefit fund.” “So, Max is going to be in this tournament!” Tyson exclaimed. “Yeah” I said, still

overcome by surprise. Suddenly, the MC spoke again. “Now, do we have any volunteers for the first

match?” Tyson eagerly raised his hand and began jumping up and down. “Oh! Pick us! Pick us!” he shouted at

the top of his lungs. I tried to make Tyson be quiet, but I knew it was too late the second the MC called

us up onstage. “Oh hey! It's Tyson and Mason from the BladeBreakers! Come on up!” The crowd erupted into

a fanatic frenzy, and Heather hugged my arm and squealed with excitement. “Oh Mason! That's you! Go!”

Between Heather shoving me up front and the two men in black suits pulling me towards the stage, I didn't

have much choice. “Alright, now let's divide the teams!” The other kids stood in line across the stage,

including Max, who was just near the middle. For some reason though, he didn't look too happy. I got the

feeling he didn't really want to be here. “Okay!” the MC shouted. “The contestants will now separate into

four teams, so since we only have twelve, there will be three members to each team.” Tyson looked like he

was about to explode from anxiety. That kid could never sit still for even a second. I wondered though;

what if we ended up battling each other? This was certainly going to be interesting.

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