Hey guys! I'm back again with another new story, my brain just keeps going crazy and coming up with new ideas left and right and up and down… Anyway, I will use this fic to post one-shots and two-shots about Gingka meeting the rest of his family, AKA his mom, grandparents, etc. All will, of course, be Ocs. So, anyway, this first one is called 'Agent' and involves Gingka meeting his grandpa on his father's side, as well as his aunt, uncle, and a couple of cousins. Hope you enjoy!
Ryo was pacing in his office, stopping every once in a while to glance out the window. About an hour before, the redhead had gotten a call from his own father, who he hadn't seen in eighteen years, since the week after Ryo had married young, grey-eyed Setsuna. His father had not been pleased with the marriage, and had driven Ryo and Setsuna from the small village they had lived in. Now, eighteen years later, his father had managed to get in contact with him, and had left a message saying that he planned to come to Tokyo within the week, and wanted to apologize to Setsuna for treating her the way he did. Ryo was fine with that, he had missed his father and loved him deeply, but there was one problem: Setsuna was dead. Unknowingly, by driving his son out of the village, Kazuya Hagane had missed out on knowing his daughter-in-law.
"You okay dad?" Ryo was brought out of his thoughts by the voice of his own son.
"Hmm? Yeah, I'm fine." Ryo lied.
"You don't seem that way. Something's up, you don't usually pace like I have been hearing you do for the past hour." Gingka crossed his arms and leaned against the doorway.
Ryo sighed. "I can never fool you, can I. I'll tell you later, you might as well get back to work."
"Okay then, I will hold you to that promise." Gingka turned and strode back to his own office, directly below Ryo's.
As the door closed behind the teen, Ryo sat down at his desk and placed his head in his hands. His father did not know that Gingka existed, which only added to his problems. Kazuya ran a huge business as well, and there were many people that would love to get the older man into their hands. Ryo jerked himself upright as the phone began ringing, the display showing his fathers number. His hands trembling, Ryo picked up the phone and answered.
"WBBA Headquarters, Ryo speaking." He said, forcing himself to be calm.
"Hello son, it's me." His fathers voice said. "I wanted to apologize and tell you that I will be there in three days if I can get an escort, all my security guards got scared from a recent incident and quit. If you know anyone who would be willing to take the job, let me know, would you?"
Ryo's brain suddenly came up with an idea. "I actually have someone I can send from here, he is very trustworthy!" He said.
"Really? That would be great!" Kazuya exclaimed. "But, I have to warn you, it may be very dangerous."
Ryo took a deep breath. "He is fearless, and I would-and have- trust him with my own life."
"Alright, you know where I am. If you could send him here quickly, that would be great. I hope Setsuna has no hard feelings against me? I fear I rather may have hurt her."
"Not that I know of. I will send my agent in a WBBA helicopter, he can be there in about six hours."
"Alright, great! Thank you so much son! Now, what is his name so I can know what to expect? And how do you have agents? I thought the WBBA was just an association for bladers and stuff."
"His name is Agent Pegasus. Actually, I used to think so too, when I was running another branch of the WBBA that is now run by Mr. Tsubasa Otori. That branch does all of the tournaments and such. Then I was asked to come run this branch, which organizes a huge force of secret agents to keep the world safe. It is fairly new."
"Well that makes sense. I will be awaiting the arrival of this 'Agent Pegasus' you speak of."
"Alright, i will see you later then."
"Alright, see you! And your brother and his family will be coming as well, he now has two sons."
"Okay, I remember one of them! Bye dad."
"Bye son." Kazuya hung up.
Ryo leaned back in his chair and sighed. He was taking a big risk, doing this, but it was the beat way he could think of to let Kazuya meet Gingka. Plus, after all, Gingka was his best agent, even though the teen had failed his spying classes three times in a row before passing.
"Gingka, could you please come up to my office?" Ryo said into a microphone linked to the communications system running throughout the building.
The redhead spinning lazily in his office chair below grinned and got up, turning off his music and heading straight up to his dads office. At sixteen, he was already growing out the strands of hair on the sides of his face, and they now hung over his headband, almost down to his chin. He and his father had worked together for one and a half years now, and Gingka had completed many missions in and around Tokyo, mostly taking out gangs of bladers roaming the streets and beating up younger bladers.
"Yeah dad?" He said as he entered Ryo's office.
"Sit down, I have a new mission for you and I have to explain what I promised to earlier before sending you" Ryo said, indicating the couch across from him.
"So, what is it then?" Gingka asked once he was seated.
Ryo sighed an sat down across from his son. "It started nineteen years ago, when I started dating someone my father didn't approve of because she was poor. She had the most beautiful grey eyes, and shining brown-gold hair. A year later, I married her. My father was so angry he drove us out of the village we lived in at the time." Ryo paused, noting the realization dawning on Gingka's face.
"She was my mom, wasn't she?"
Ryo nodded and continued. "Two years later, you were born. Unfortunately, your mother died in childbirth. And now, your grandfather wants to come here and apologize, but he doesn't know you exist. So, that is your mission. Your grandfather is very wealthy and powerful, so a lot of people are after him because his organization has uncovered a few of their plots. So, I need you to escort him here, but I don't want you to tell him who you are. I told him your code name, and that was all. I want to tell him myself about you, in person."
"Alright, guess i should go suit up then?"
Ryo nodded. "Yes, there will be a helicopter waiting for you on the roof. Good luck, Agent Pegasus."
"I wont fail you dad." Gingka promised as he got up and left.
Ryo smiled as the door closed behind his son, then went back to work after ordering the workers on the roof to ready one of the helicopters. Naturally, the easiest thing to do would be to bring his father and his brothers family back in the helicopter, but his father had a deathly fear of them.
Three floors down, Gingka was changing out of his suit and tie, and into his uniform. The redhead quickly unbuttoned the front of his blue dress shirt and pulled it off. "Good, that thing was annoying me anyway." He chuckled as he pulled on a black t-shirt. Next, he changed from his black dress pants into black jeans and boots. After that, he put on a black leather jacket with the same design on his headband embroidered on his right shoulder, and the WBBA's crest on his left. To hide his real identity, he pulled a black mask over the lower half of his face, and a hood over his fiery red hair and Pegasus headband. The edges of all his clothing were blue, and he also wore black crossed belts with his bey gear on them, as well as a small pistol, which his father had told him to bring just in case. He much preferred using Pegasus, but he had to obey his dad. Naturally of course, the pistol would be a last resort.
His uniform on, Gingka headed for the elevator and the helicopter that would take him to his destination. The change was made complete by a pair of blue colored contacts.
-With Kazuya and the others-
"Alright guys, get ready to go." Kazuya said, walking into the room where his other son and his family were.
"Already? How much did you have to bribe the security guards with?" Ryo's older brother, Shuichiro, asked sarcastically.
"Absolutely nothing, I called Ryo and he is sending a WBBA agent over." Kazuya replied.
"The WBBA has agents?" Izo, Shuichiro's nineteen-year-old son said.
"Yes, the agent coming is obviously using a code name, but apparently the WBBA has hundreds of agents." Kazuya replied.
"Code name? What is his name?" Shuichiro asked.
"Agent Pegasus, now hurry up and get packed and ready to go!" Kazuya said impatiently.
A couple of hours later, Kazuya, Shuichiro, Izo, Izo's ten-year-old brother Shinji, and their mother Saeko were all standing outside, watching as an army green helicopter with the WBBA insignia on it landed. Kazuya was surprised as the agent stepped out, despite his mask, the older Hagane could tell that the boy was younger than Izo, who gave a snort of contempt once he saw him.
"You are Agent Pegasus? You're just a kid!" Izo taunted.
"I may be younger than you, but i can guarantee that i am stronger." Gingka replied, narrowing his now-blue eyes.
"We will see about that." Izo huffed, noting the bey gear on Gingka's belt.
"Well, young as he may be, Ryo said he trusted him with his own life, so let's go." Kazuya said.
"You seriously think that a mere kid is going to be able to protect us?" Izo yelled.
"For your information, i am sixteen." Gingka said, annoyance creeping into his voice.
"Boys, just stop it! Look, the car is here, now get into it and stop whining. Agent Pegasus, if you would take the front seat, we will climb in behind you." Kazuya said, turning to the black and blue-clad figure.
Gingka nodded and climbed into the front seat, next to the driver. After everyone had loaded their luggage and gotten in, the group left for Tokyo.
Izo was muttering nearly the whole first leg of the trip, until his father told him to be quiet. All went well, until Pegasus suddenly told the driver to stop, and quickly.
"What is the meaning of this?" Kazuya asked as the WBBA agent unbuckled his seatbelt and opened his door.
Gingka paused. "My job is to protect you, and that is exactly what I am doing." He replied before climbing out of the car and stepping in front of it.
The passengers of the car watched in surprise as the black figure raised his launcher, bey attached. "I see
you there, now come out!" He shouted.
Saeko clapped a hand over her mouth to hide a scream as a menacing figure stepped out of hiding holding a grenade. The assassin leveled his pistol at the agent protecting the car and its occupants.
"I have to admit, you are good. Now step away from the car and you wont be hurt. I have a job to do and I intend on finishing it." The figure said, pocketing his pistol and pulling the pin on the grenade.
"Think again buddy! Let it Rip!" Gingka yelled, launching his bey at the grenade and sending it flying through the air to explode well above their heads.
Realizing that he had failed, the assassin turned and ran, but soon found himself blocked by a large tree that had mysteriously fallen across the road. He drew his pistol, but it was knocked out of his hand. A few minutes later, his hands were cuffed behind his back.
"How did he-" Kazuya was amazed at the skill of the blader, who soon had the police bundling the assassin into their car. Once the flashing lights of the police car had faded into the distance, Gingka turned back to the tree he had knocked over.
"Pegasus!" Was the next thing the stunned group heard before a blazing blue light filled the air. Once it cleared, the tree was mere splinters.
Gingka turned and climbed back into the car. "Alright, now we can go." He said smugly.
The driver nodded in awe and drove on.
"How did you do that?" Shuichiro demanded.
The black shoulders of the figure in front of him shrugged. "Skill and training." He replied simply.
"Heh, I could have done that." Izo smirked.
"Really? Then why don't you take care of the next threat?" Came the voice of Pegasus, filled with sarcasm.
"Didn't anyone ever teach you to respect your elders?" Izo shot back.
"Didn't anyone teach you how to tell when you are beat?" The blue eyes narrowed as their owner turned and looked at Izo.
"I could beat you anytime, small fry!" Izo growled.
"You don't look like a World Champion to me."
"Oh yeah? Well looks can be deceiving, smart guy. I think you should know that i happen to be the strongest blader in the area we just left."
"Good for you" Pegasus replied sarcastically. "That really doesn't say much for your blading skills, as you said, looks can be deceiving."
"What? Who do you think you are?"
"The actual World Champion, I wouldn't go boasting about your skills when you are talking to a world-class blader if I were you, you are just making a fool of yourself."
"Heh, you're joking! You can't be the World Champion, I am older and more experienced than you! I have owned and bladed with this bey, Rock Chimera, since I was five!"
"Then that makes fourteen years of practice."
"Exactly! So you see, I am stronger than you!"
This comment only earned Izo a chuckle. "Fifteen years." Pegasus said, closing his eyes.
"Huh?"
"I have been blading since I was one, that makes fifteen years of experience to your fourteen. I also happen to own the Pegasus bey, if you haven't noticed."
"But Ryo owns Storm Pegasus." Kazuya pointed out.
"Owned, he passed it on to me four and a half years ago."
"He did? Wow, he really trusts you then. Assuming that i taught him well enough when I passed it on to him, it was only to be given to one who deserved it."
"Yes, but unfortunately, Storm Pegasus was sacrificed three and a half years ago against a major threat that required all of its power."
"Then how do you still own it?" Izo asked, still mad at the figure in front of him.
"Because," the Pegasus wielder replied, "There was another Pegasus bey."
"Another Pegasus?" The entire group, minus Shinji, who was playing on a gaming device, was shocked.
"Yes, another Pegasus. I assume you have all heard of the Legendary Bey that nobody could control because of its power?"
Everyone nodded.
"That bey was known as Galaxy Pegasus."
"Are you insolent enough to say that you wield it?" Izo challenged.
"Izo!" Shuichiro scolded.
"It isn't insolence, I do wield it. However, it had gotten hit by a Star Fragment a couple of years ago, causing it to change, and then it shattered and was reborn due to a mechanic fixing it." Gingka held up the new Synchrom Samurai Pegasus. "Now, it is Samurai Pegasus, the most powerful bey in the world."
"You expect me to believe that?" Izo snarled.
The blader in the front seat closed his blue eyes. "I assure you, before your trip is over, I will have surprised you many times." He said quietly.
Izo remained silent at this, and they continued on until they got to a bridge, where Pegasus once again insisted that they stop.
"Why are we stopping now?" Kazuya asked.
"Just a safety precaution, if anyone were still trying to kill you, this would be one of the best places to do it." Gingka replied, getting out and walking to the edge of the bridge.
The group still in the car watched nervously as the hooded figure leaned out over the rail and looked down, then whipped out his bey and launcher and sent the bey flying straight down into the mist.
"Pegasus! Storm Bringer!" He called, and the mist soon cleared. Moments later, he dove away from the bridge as the structure exploded, the force of the blast throwing him against the front of the car.
The stunned group watched, then let out a sigh of relief as the black figure stood. He shook his head a few times to clear his vision, then cautiously crept over to the destroyed edge of the bridge and looked down. He caught a streak of blue flame as it flew up at him, wisps of steam rising into the air as the steel of his bey made contact with the leather of his glove.
He returned to the car, returning his bey to the carrying case on his right hip, then climbing into the car.
"Told you." He said, his voice sounding a bit strained. "We have to take the back roads, which was not my original preference, since it is through the forest, but now its our only option."
"We have a problem with that though." The driver reported, pointing to the gas gauge of the vehicle. It was nearly empty. "To get to the back roads is quite a far way off, and I had planned to refill at a gas station just across the bridge. We wont be able to make it to the next closest one before running out of gas."
"Hmm..." Gingka was silent for a few minutes. "Looks like the next best option would be a helicopter."
"Oh no, I don't do helicopters." Kazuya immediately said.
"I know that, but it is our safest option at the moment, unless someone thinks they have a better idea."
"We could have a helicopter bring some gas for the car." Izo suggested.
"That is the first smart thing you have said this entire trip." Pegasus replied, pulling a cell phone out of one of the many cases on his belt. "I'll call for one." He dialed and held the phone to his ear.
"How can he just call for a helicopter?" Saeko wondered.
"Well, he does work for the WBBA, and they have plenty of helicopters, I am sure." Kazuya replied.
"Hey home base, this is Pegasus. We ran into some complications, the enemy blew up the bridge between Kyoto and Tokyo and we don't have enough gas to take the back roads... Yeah, well, someone came up with the idea to send a helicopter with some gas, as Mr. Hagane will not take a helicopter, like you said. Sure, we could probably use his help. Okay, see you later, bye." He hung up.
"Well?" Kazuya said.
"A helicopter is on its way, along with Agent Leone, one of my fellow agents, to help us load it into the car. There are no gas stations along the back road, but until the helicopter arrives, we are stuck here. I'll need all eyes peeled and ready for another assault, I am sure they will try again." Gingka reported.
"I'll help with that." Izo and Shuichiro volunteered.
A hint of a smile flashed across the face of the masked teen in front of them, visible only by the way the shape of his mask moved. "Then lets do this! Someone needs to watch the bridge in front of us, two others need to watch the sides, and a fourth person needs to watch our back."
"I'll take the front." The driver volunteered.
"We'll take the sides." Shuichiro and Izo said, climbing out of the car to stand watch.
"Then I'll take the back." Pegasus said, stepping out of the car.
Saeko, and Kazuya were surprised as the teen did a handspring and landed lightly on top of the car.
"Whoa cool! Is he a ninja or something?" Shinji exclaimed.
"He might as well be one, with that mask and skills." Kazuya replied as they settled down to wait.
An hour passed, without anything happening, in complete silence. Then, the group heard a helicopter approaching. Soon, it was in view, and the group stepped out of the car to see a figure in black and green waving at the figure in black and blue who was standing on the roof of the car.
The helicopter landed a little behind the car, at a safe distance. The moment the blades stopped spinning, the two WBBA agents had reached each other and were talking in low tones. Pegasus gestured towards the car and helicopter, and his comrade nodded.
"Lets get this done quickly, Agent Leone here was in the middle of something else and needs to get back to it as soon as possible." Gingka called, grabbing one of the ten five-gallon containers of gasoline.
Leone, Izo, Kazuya, and Shuichiro each grabbed a container as well, and they soon found themselves driving off as the helicopter disappeared into the distance in the other direction.
A few hours later, the tired group reached Tokyo, with only one more attack, which was easily fended off by Pegasus. After the driver had parked in a parking garage and the group had unloaded, they walked the last half-mile to the WBBA Headquarters. Suddenly, the group was surrounded.
"Fancy seeing you again." Pegasus said sarcastically to the leader.
"You stopped us once from taking over the southern part of Tokyo with our beys, now we will return the favor!" Their leader yelled, as he and his gang launched.
"You don't know who you're dealing with! Pegasus!" The masked figure shouted, launching his silver and blue bey into action.
Moments later, they were defeated by the powerful bey of the black-and-blue-clad blader, who caught his bey out of the air as the gang fled screaming threats.
"Another day, another gang defeated." Pegasus muttered, continuing on.
They soon reached the WBBA without further incident, where Agent Pegasus left them to report to Ryo, and the rest of the Hagane family began chatting with the secretary.
"Send them up, we're ready." Ryo said, waiting in his office. Gingka had disappeared behind a wall that was behind Ryo's desk, part of the decoration in his office that also allowed for greater security, just in case.
"Hey dad, Shuichiro, Saeko! Man, Izo, you have grown since I last saw you! And who is this young man?"
Ryo greeted as his family entered.
"This is Shinji." Saeko introduced her other son.
"Well, nice to meet you Shinji!" Ryo said.
"Where is Aunt Setsuna?" Izo asked.
A few tears sprung to Ryo's eyes as he looked down. "She's... Dead." He said bluntly.
"She's what? I am so sorry Ryo!" Kazuya exclaimed. "She was a beautiful woman, even if we never really got along."
Ryo nodded. "Just before she died, she asked me to tell you she forgives you, and she wanted me to as well." He smiled sadly.
Gingka, still hidden behind the wall, bit back tears at the mention of the woman he had never met. He pulled off his hood and removed his colored contacts and face mask.
"Well, do you have something special to remember her by?" Saeko asked.
Ryo nodded and smiled. "Yes, the last thing she ever gave me. I have protected it as well as I could."
"Well then, you should be fine!"
"If you don't mind me asking Ryo, how did she die? It wasn't my fault, was it?" Kazuya asked.
"No, it wasn't your fault. She died in childbirth, apparently her body just couldn't handle it."
"Wait, childbirth? So the last thing she gave you was..." Kazuya trailed off.
Ryo nodded. "My son."
"Well then, we will have to meet him! How old is he?" Shuichiro exclaimed.
Ryo chuckled. "You already have met him." He said.
"Huh? But I didn't see a miniature version of you or Setsuna running around here!" Saeko said.
Gingka clapped a hand over his mouth to muffle a snicker.
Ryo grinned. "You never suspected him, did you?"
"Ryo, I honestly have no idea what you are talking about!" Kazuya exclaimed.
"Gingka, come out." Ryo ordered.
The eyes of the group widened as a younger redhead stepped out from behind a hidden wall and stood next
to Ryo. "You never did figure it out." He chuckled.
"Y-you!" Izo's eyes were blazing.
"Yes, I told you that I would surprise you many times before your visit was over." Gingka said.
Kazuya and the others instantly recognized the voice of the agent who had been with them all day, as well as his blue and black outfit.
"Wait, if you were trying to protect him, why did you send him into danger purposefully?" Shuichiro asked.
"Because I knew he would come through." Ryo replied. "And I wanted you guys to meet each other
firsthand before I told you who he was."
"Plus the fact that you like to be dramatic." Gingka chuckled.
Ryo smiled. "That too." He said.
"So, your real name is Gingka?" Izo asked.
Gingka nodded. "Yup, now, do you still need proof that I am the World Champion?"
"I still don't believe you on that one."
"Then it's on! Dad, can you unlock Legend Bladers' Stadium for us?"
"Why don't you two just take Shinji and run down to the training area instead, show them around a bit?" Ryo
suggested. "You can battle in the tournament tomorrow.
"Alright! See you guys later!" Gingka exclaimed, striding out the door with Izo and Shinji in tow.
So… Yeah, there will be a part two to this one, posted of course under this same story as a separate chapter.