Since the anime is out in English Dub, I thought I'd give my own story idea a try. I can't promise it'll be good or if it'll match Ryuga's epicness but I'll try my best.
'How did it all end this way?' Rygua thought as he laid on the ground in defeat with his bey, L-Drago, in front of him in critical condition. 'How did I become like this?'
How indeed. His quest was a simple one, one that would ensure he would be the strongest in the world but it was for not. His challenge to the god of destruction, Diablo Nemesis, was not how Ryuga envisioned it. Instead of him defeating the god and taking it's power, the dark god bey and it's blader, Rago, overpowered Ryuga and L-Drago Destructor in all forms of power and strength. It left Ryuga with the crushing realization that he had placed on so many other bladers that dared to challenge him, that no matter how hard you try, there is always someone stronger than you and when you come in contact with that someone, it can crush everything about strength and power that you know. The weight of it was so great that Ryuga could only lay on the conrete floor and think about it as the other legendary bladers, and allies, fought the Rago and Diablo Nemesis. Even if it was a losing battle, Ryuga had to wonder why they kept fighting. Why punish themselves at such an impossible opponent? It took several minutes of them battle for Ryuga to realize that even if it was a losing battle, they had to fight because, unlike himself, they fought for something more than themselves, than for power, than for a title. It was this that got Ryuga back on his feet and grabbing L-Drago, he still had something to do, a promise to keep. His power flared up in a white light, drawing everyone's attention to him as he took some deep breaths.
"Ryuga!" Kenta let out as he turned to him. "You're okay!"
"That one time, it was only for a brief shining moment, I became serious." Ryuga said as he closed his eyes, thinking back to when Ryuga used his special move on Flame Sagittario in the mountains, before opening them. "I promised."
Ryuga acted fasted, prepping L-Drago in his launcher to give one, final launch.
"Take it! Kenta!" he shouted as he launched L-Drago to Flame Sagittario.
"Ryuga!" Kenta said in surprised as L-Drago began to spin around Sagittarrio, glowing with a white light.
A beam soon flowed from L-Drago Destructor and into Flame Sagittario, bestowing it with the power of the Star Fragment. Kenta turned back and gazed at the beys, missing Ryuga give a small smirk to the boy.
'Take it, Kenta. Take it and win.' Ryuga thought as he felt the last of his energy disappear, causing him to become light particles and fly away in the wind. 'At least, I did something good in the end.'
Ryuga closed his eyes and left in peace, having felt satisfied with his last act in the world of the living. He thought that his journey had ended, that his final act as the Dragon Emperor was set in stone but, like with everything else in the world, nothing is as it seems. Rygua then let out a gasp of air as he found himself sitting in a chair in black void, his wounds fully healed and clothes mended along with the jacket he used as a sort of cape, as a nicer looking chair was sitting before him with a small drawer next to it.
"What's going on?" Ryuga asked himself as he looked around, seeing nothing but darkness before his eyes laid upon his gauntlet, the one he held L-Drago inside. "L-Drago?" he asked as he opened it, only to see it devoid of his bey.
"Ryuga." A sudden voice called out, followed by footsteps, causing Ryuga to turn a see a blue haired woman in a strange looking yet elegant outfit walk past him. "After passing on, I welcome to the afterlife." she said as she sat in the other chair, gazing at Ryuga.
"Your life, though not good or bad, was quite short but a rather interesting one." she said as she crossed her legs and folded her hands. "But now, I'm afraid you have died." she finished before giving a strange smile, one that Ryuga could tell held hidden intent.
Ryuga remained silent, contemplating on what he was told and accepting in as he recalled his final moments to mind, but he had to ask one question the the girl.
"Kenta and the others, did they win?" Ryuga asked, his usual tone replaced with a soft one.
"Yes, they won and the God of Destruction, Nemesis, was defeated." the blue haired girl said, bring relive to the former blader.
"That's good." Rygua said as he cracked a small smile. "At least I was able to help them seal Nemesis away by giving the power to another one who was worthy."
The girl then said something strange to Ryuga, something he knew had to be a lie.
"Actually, even if you didn't sacrifice yourself, they would've seal Nemesis away." she said, causing Ryuga to lose his smile. "They could've simply combine the other star fragments from the solar system bladers to fill the gap you left." she finished, gazing at Ryuga for some sort of reaction.
"Hmm. Tch!" Ryuga let out, not believing her. "Sorry lady but from what I heard, the wouldn't have worked. In order to seal Nemesis, they'd need the star fragments of the four seasons to make the seal."
The girl seemed to flinch for a second, which Ryuga caught, before speaking again.
"Well, um, yes but you didn't pass the power to one who had a bey of the four seasons, so it didn't work." she said with some sweat building on her head.
"Yeah, right! Everyone knows the Sagittario, based off of Sagittarius, is a bey of the summer season. Meaning, I did pass the power to the right bey." Ryuga argued, crossing his arms at the girl.
"W-W-Well," she said as she got up and walked over to Ryuga. "it turns out, they didn't seal him away at all. So your sacrifice was all but in vain." she said stopping in front of Ryuga, wanting to get a specific reaction out of him.
"Is that so? Well, then they must've found another way." Ryuga said as he closed his eyes, not catching the girl falter in defeat. "Knowing Gingka and his group, they must've found another way to beat Nemesis. As they've always found in the past." he finished with a small chuckle, remembering the times Gingka and the group the follow him have pulled miracles out of nowhere to save the day.
"UH! I was trying to get you to laugh! It helps to relive stress after a bad day!" the girl let out, frowning at Ryuga, who opened his eyes and rose a brow at her.
"You think funny?" he asked, giving off an angry glare that caused her to flinch.
Even if he didn't have the power of L-Drago anymore, his natural intimidation would be enough for someone like her.
"An-any way, I am the goddess, Aqua." she said, causing Ryuga to raise both brows in surprise. "Whenever a young person from Japan dies, it's my job to guide them to the after life. And now that you're hear, you have some options." she told him.
"Options? What kind of options?" Ryuga said as he crossed his arms. "What kind of options?"
"Well, one options is that you can be reincarnated and return to Earth." Aqua said as she held up on finger before raising another. "The other option is you can go to Heaven and live out in paradise, even if you did mostly bad things, you final act gave you very slim entry." she told Ryuga before leaning in and placing a hand near her mouth.
"But between us, Heaven is nothing like you humans imagine it." Aqua said, causing Ryuga to raised a brow in curiosity. "There's no TV, games, and since you don't have one anymore, you can't beyblade ever again. So all you'll do it bask in the light until time comes to an end." Aqua finished with a smirk.
This made Rygua flinch for just a second before he calmed himself and thought about his answer before giving it.
"I can live with that. I was never a fan of TV or video games, and since L-Drago was the only bey that could handle my power, I guess I could live without beyblade. I don't there are even any bladers strong enough to challenge me in Heaven." Ryuga said with s shrug.
This wasn't what she expected but she went with it, if he wasn't a fan of Heaven like her, she could use this.
"Well yeah, if I were you I'd agree but starting from scratch has it's disadvantages." Aqua said, hoping he'd agree with her. "Being reincarnated does have it's downs."
"Hm. It would be bothersome to find a new bey and regain my power all over again." Ryuga said, bring great joy to Aqua. "The battles might be interesting but compared to the ones I've fought, it'd be boring."
"Exactly!" Aqua said iwth a smile, getting out of his face. "Which is why I have a third option, one that you just might like!"
"Like what?" Ryuga asked, leaning in a bit as she explained the option.
It was then Aqua over dramatically told Ryuga about a world were peace was being disturbed and the innocent were destroyed because of the Devil King and his army. She went on and on about people getting raped, killed, and slaughtered until she lost her mojo and a light shined over her, trying to save face.
"Hmm." Ryuga let out as he thought about the world Aqua was talking about and all the powerful creatures they lie within it, making him come to the assumption that magic existed in this world.
"And so, with the population declining in that world, we decided to send young people who have died there. Letting them keep their bodies and memories." Aqua told Ryuga, who decided to speak.
"So, I can only assume by sending people there, you hope that at least one of them will defeat the Devil King and thus cease the population decline?" Ryuga said to her, piecing together the reason why she would offer to send him there.
"That's right! And if you do chose to be sent there, I will allow you to take one magical item or special power of your choosing with you. But since you seemed to have figured it out all on your own, I'll bend the rules a little and let you pick two instead." Aqua told him, closing her left eyes and smiling at Ryuga. "So what do you say? You get a new life, your memories from your old life, and two magic power or items to help you defeat the Devil King and become a hero, one that world desperately needs. You could be that hero!"
That word made Ryuga flinch, knowing that he was furthest thing from a hero due to everything he did with the Dark Nebula Organization and even after he left the organization. The things he did to other bladers, the things he's seen in his life, even though he has done a few good deeds, they didn't erase all the bad. But since this was a second chance for him, he could actually do some good without any other motive. Maybe this was a chance to make up for everything bad he did.
"Hmm. I'm interested to say the least but what about the language? Won't I have to learn it before I go?" Ryuga asked before Aqua pulled a book out of nowhere.
"Don't worry, he have something for that." she said before handing him the book, which was titled 'Parallel World Guide and Contract.' "Thanks you the support of us gods, we can upload the language right into your brain like a computer, so you won't have to worry about learning to read or write when you arrive."
Ryuga read through the guide as Aqua pointed to that part until Ryuga spotted a warning saying that the language upload could overload his brain and make him go "poof" but if you take into consideration that he was almost consumed by Lightning L-Drago in mind, body, and soul, he could withstand it and then some.
"But there is a chance you could-" Aqua began before Ryuga interrupted.
"I know, I read that part and I can take it." Ryuga said as he turned his head up to her.
"Oh! Well good. Now just picks two skills, two weapons, or one of each and I'll send you on your merry way." Aqua said as she smiled at Ryuga, seeing him as one of the easiest souls to move to the other world she has come across. "Now chose!" she finished as made several sheets of paper with weapons and magical abilities on them on the ground before him.
Ryuga stepped out of his chair and got on one knee, looking over each skill and gear with careful consideration.
'If I'm going to a world of magic, I'll need an ability I could work with. Something power yet fitting.' Ryuga thought as he picked up one sheet before gazing to another.
It was then something crunching drew his attention and caused him to look up and see Aqua eating from a bag of potato chips.
"Come on, just hurry about and pick two already. In the end, you'll still just be a loner." she said without a care but that didn't seem to bother Rygua, even if she was talking down to him, his experience with more annoying people than her helped him focus on important things.
Ryuga returned to his choosing before his eyes laid upon his gold gauntlet that once held L-Drago, the bey that tried to consume him until he made it's power his own. He then began to think about the powers that L-Drago Destructor possessed, the power of pyrokinesis, energy absorption, power sensory, and slight teleportation with the use of it's orange lightning. If he had all of those powers, he could be as strong as he was back when he was alive as a blader.
'If I had L-Drago's power, I would be just as powerful as before.' Ryuga thought as he stood up and face her.
"I've made my one of my choices. I would like the power my bey and partner, L-Drago Destructor, possessed." he said with crossed arms. "Can you do that?"
Aqua stopped mid chip eating before finishing and standing up as a a blue magic circle appeared under Ryuga.
"Alright, stay in the magic circle and don't move as the power transfer is commencing." Aqua said before closing her eyes and focusing, summoning the magic to give Ryuga what he wanted.
Everything was silent as magic appeared in her hands before she clapped them together, summoning the power to him. It was then a sudden roar caused her to open her eyes and saw that the magic circle turned orange with flames spitting out of it and a dragon had formed above Ryuga, who looked up and smiled with teeth at the dragon.
"L-Drago!" he said as he held his left arm up. "Let your power be mine!"
The dragon, L-Drago, roared towards the void above it before flying down to Ryuga, crashing into him in a tunnel of flames. The process continued for a few seconds before the flames disappeared and Ryuga stood before her with smoke coming off him. He kept his smile as he gazed upon the top of his left hand, seeing L-Dragon's symbol on his hand and feeling it's power course through him. He then decided to test it and conjugated a plume of flames in his hand, feeling the familiar warmth of the power.
"Heh!" Ryuga laughed before he closed his hand, extinguishing he flame.
"O-O-Okay. Now I just need you to pick the second thing you want to take with you." Aqua said as she sweated a bit at the power transfer.
"Like what?" Ryuga said, feeling a bit of his confidence come back after losing to Diablo Nemesis. "With this power, I don't think I need anything else. Unless you'd be willing to be my guide or provide a better one."
"Well, no. I-Wait!" Aqua stopped before frowning at him. "What did you say about me?"
"I said that the only thing else I would need is a guide and I used you as a joke. Just by knowing you for a few moments, I can tell you could lead your way out of a dead end hallway!" Ryuga said as he laughed a bit.
This got Aqua angrier than before, being insulted was one thing but by one of such arrogance was infuriated! She was a goddess, she was above him! And to be insulted by someone as filtny as him was the worst insult of all her life!
"Oh yeah?! Well if you think that so much, then I will be your guide!" she shouted at him before gasping in shock. "Wait, what did I just say?!"
It was then a bell tone was heard and a sort of portal opened not far from them, where out can a real life angel floating in the air.
"Your requests have now been complete. And Aqua, the gods thank you for you generous gesture to be his guide but don't worry, I'll be looking over your duties here." she said as magic circles appeared under Ryuga and Aqua.
"Huh?" Aqua let out as the chair and desk behind her disappeared.
"Though the first request was bending the rules a bit, the second request you accepted has rectified that and been accepted." the angel said as she landed while bright lights began to consume Ryuga and Aqua.
"Wait, you can't do this. It was just a mistake, a slip of the tongue." Aqua said as she tried to stop herself from going to the world in fear of the Demon King. "You can stop now, please! You can't do this! I'm a goddess! This cannot comply with his requests!" she said as she began to tear up and push herself against the magic circle's barrier. "Wait! Please wait!" she said as she began to cry and pound her hands against the barrier.
"I have agree with her, I was only joking about having her for a guide." Ryuga said, not satisfied that they're actually making this supposed goddess go with him.
"Have a safe journey, you two. And if you are able to defeat the Devil King, I shall send an escort for you, Lady Aqua." the angel said, ignoring their complaints.
Aqua continued to complain, listing the ways how she couldn't do anything besides heal, and how she couldn't possibly defeat the Devil King as she and Ryuga began to float in the air, telling them that their journey to a new world was about to begin.
"No, no! Please stop!" Aqua said as she tried to not float away but she soon turned her head to the sound of groaning.
"Looks like I'm stuck with you now, just great." Ryuga said, not liking that a useless goddess was coming with him and would most likely stick to him like a parasite. "But since you are, let me give you a warning, don't get in my way or cause me grief. You'll regret it if you do!" he finished as he flared his new powers, his eyes glowing orange as he growled at Aqua.
"WAAAHH!" Aqua said in fear as she cowered a bit. "Please don't make me go with a monster like him! Please!"
Ryuga just groaned in annoyance as they both continued to float into the void sky.
"I wish you both luck. And I pray that you, out of the other many candidates, shall bring down the Devil King." the angel said as she flourished her wings. "If you can save that world from his evil, the god's will grant you any wish your heart desires."
"Hmm." Ryuga hummed with a smirk, VERY interested in getting anything his he wishes from the gods if he beats this Devil King.
If he could face a god and give it a challenge then a devil should be easier.
"Hey, wait! That's my line!" Aqua said as tears were building in her eyes.
"Now then, your journey begins." the angel said as a portal opened above them pulling in Ryuga and a whining Aqua.
"Woah!" Ryuga let out.
"Waaahhh!" Aqua cried out.
The portal then closed and gave a bright light as it closed. When the light died down, Ryuga and Aqua soon found themselves in a rather old fashion village from when man was medieval. If Ryuga remembered correctly from the guide, this place as the Town of Beginning Adventures, Axel.
"It's seems this really is another world." Ryuga said as he looked around, seeing a woman with a blue wizard hat cross a stone bridge, a group of what appeared to be adventurers, and simple towns folk going about their day. "So, since you're now my guide, tell me where I need to go from here." he said turning to his right to see Aqua, moaning in despair.
She was still in a state of sorrow from essentially being stripped of her status as a Goddess and forced to be a mortal guide! She then began to cry and run her fingers through her hair and hitting her head in a desperate attempt to try wake up from a bad dream.
"Grr. Can you stop with that before you cause a scene? And tell me where to start this journey to defeat the Devil King?" Rygua asked, getting impatient with the whining 'goddess.'
Aqua then lunged at Ryuga, still crying and being hysterical, before he grabbed her by the forehead and clenched to get her to stop crying.
"Stop. Crying." Ryuga let out in anger, letting his power flare up to show he wasn't in the mood to play games.
Aqua flinched a bit and stopped her loud crying, resorting to sniffling as silently as possible to not upset him.
"Now, where do we go first to get started?" Ryuga said, ceasing his flare of power and lessening his grip on her head so she could relax a bit.
"We-Well, we could head to a adventure guild. It's where most people go if they want to know things." Aqua said as she wiped her left eye clean.
"Alright." Ryuga said as he took his hand off her head and turned around, walking through the town. "Keep up."
"R-Right!" Aqua said as she followed behind him, feeling a bit better that she was able to give him somewhere to start. "By the way, it's fine if you want to call me 'goddess' but that might stir up some trouble, so just call me Aqua."
Ryuga just grunted as an answer, knowing that he wasn't even going to call her a goddess in the first place.
"Can I assume you don't know where this guild is." he asked, not even looking back at her.
"No, I was in charge of dozens of worlds and couldn't know every little thing about them." Aqua answered, not even trying to cover up her lack of knowledge.
'Typical. I was right, she is useless.' Ryuga thought before remembering she mentioned she was good for healing before they came here. 'Maybe not completely.'
