It feels like forever since I've written something specifically for this show, so I'm super excited to start this new story! Writing this short introduction chapter and planning the fic really made me realize how much I missed working with it and these characters. They're so fun! This is also my first shot at a tournament centric fic, so that will be fun to take a shot at. Anyways, as I mentioned in the summary I would absolutely love to accept OCs for this fic. If you have any questions feel free to just ask. The OC form can be found at the end of this chapter, as well as on my profile for easier copy and pasting.

"Madoka!" Ginga's voice was loud through the calm of the B-Pit as his footsteps could be heard running down the stairs. Ginga's face appeared as bright of a smile on it as ever. "Madoka, how's Pegasus doing?" He asked, running up to the girl's work station. "Is he done yet?" He hummed at the sight of the sleeping girl. "Madoka!" He called to her, leaning over her to grab the bey resting on the table. "Ah, you did! Pegasus looks better than ever!" Madoka has yawned, sitting up in her seat as she rubbed her sleepy eyes.

"Oh, Ginga." She smiled, "yeah, I was up all night working on him for you." Her smile fell a bit to a somewhat annoyed frown, "I didn't have a choice seeing as you were so persistent in getting it back today."

"I can't help it Madoka!" He defended, "I need to start training for this new tournament ASAP."

"A new tournament? I didn't know they were holding one, why haven't I heard about it?"

"It's not around here." Ginga replied, "guess where it is!" He excitedly spoke, his eyes shining a bit at the thought of the answer.

"Did Masamune tell you about it? America?"

"No, it closer to us than the US."

She hummed in thought, "oh, China?"

"Nope." Ginga grinned, "it's here in Japan, but it's being held in Tokyo." He spoke in excitement. "Oh, I can't wait!"

"Oh, wow. I wouldn't of expected Tokyo." She said, "I can't say I've visited there."

"Me either, exciting right? Oh, and get this, there's going to be participants from all over coming to join in. Nothing like the World Championships, but they've invited specific Bladers from around the world to join in. Masamune got an invitation."

"Beylin Temple should be invited as well then, Dashan at the least." Madoka spoke, "really there's a lot of people they could invite."

Ginga dug into his pocket to pull out a crumpled of paper and envelope. "They sent me an invitation as well." He handed it off to her.

"Really?" Her tone dropped a bit, "why'd they invite you? I mean, it's kind of a given you'd show up, especially since it's here."

"Don't know, maybe they just wanted to ensure my presence."

She rolled her eyes, "or maybe they just wanted to make sure one of the biggest Bladers in the world would be coming." She read farther into the paper, her eyebrows knitting together in slight confusion. "Wait, it says here that participants with invitations won't be participating in the preliminary rounds. Your spot in the tournament is guaranteed."

"What?" Ginga grabbed the paper back from her, "but that's no fun!"

"That's not fair either, in my opinion." She huffed, "you shouldn't be treated differently because you're a top Blader. It says here that there's also supposed to be a few people who come to Japan to participate, but they'll be going through a different round of battles to decide if they participate. That's weird, I mean, why not just open it to the world?"

"I didn't think about that." Ginga scratched his head, "maybe they just wanted to keep it small, but still include others?" He posed.

"I just think it's unfair." Madoka huffed, giving the invitation back to her friend. She perked slightly at the sound of a new customer walking in upstairs, the ring of the bell causing her to run up. "I still have some work to do here Ginga, I'll catch up with you later!" She called, disappearing upstairs.

Ginga left the shop after that. He was greeted by the bright blue sky outside, the sun high in the sky and beaming warm brightness down onto him. He sighed, there was a slight breeze in the air, the perfect spring day! He almost forgot all about when he and Madoka had talked about, instead of putting his focus on the training to come. The tournament preliminaries would be starting a week from now, though Ginga was set to leave for Tokyo a day early to get accustomed to the new city and such. He had been glad to hear that Tsubasa and the rest of Team Gan Gan Galaxy would be taking a shot at joining the tournament, even though teams wouldn't be entering the competition.

"Where will my training start today?" He spoke aloud to himself, looking around the streets of the city as he walked aimlessly, not really sure where he wanted to start. "The bey park it is!" He decided to himself, running off in the direction he needed. He was greeted with the excited chatter and sound of battle when he arrived, spotting several different Bladers practicing. He scoped out the area, looking for his opponent. His smiled at the sight of Kenta not far across, waiting patiently for his turn. "Kenta!" He called, waving at the younger boy before hurrying over to him. "Hye Kenta."

"Oh, hey Ginga." He looked away from the battle, "here to train?"

"Why else would I be here? Did you hear about the tournament in Tokyo?"

"Yeah, I think just about everyone has by now. A promotion for it is supposed to come one soon." Kenta pointed to the television mounted on the wall, "I guess to give us more details and all that stuff." He explained.

"Oh cool." Ginga supposed that he'd been given more information in his invitation than the general public had been given yet.

"Benkei said he and Kyoya were going to join in it as well."

"Really?" Ginga perked with excitement, "sweet! Ah, there's going to be so many strong Bladers there!"

"Do you think any of the other Legendary Bladers will come?"

Ginga gasped, "I hope so, the tournament will be really, really interesting that way!" Kenta nodded in agreement. They spoke a little longer before the people around them hushed them as the promotion began to play. The usual promotional images and clips flashed about the screen, an excitedly eccentric voice speaking, perhaps a bit fast for everyone to completely keep up.

"Ready to prove yourself as a balder and win Tokyo's new and first ever Celestial Flare competition? Sign-ups are open online and on location until April 8th, preliminary battles begin the following week, more information available upon registration." A text accompanied the narration, sever photos popping up next of a large stadium. "Fight your way past the preliminaries and join us in Tokyo's all new state of the art stadium." Ginga watched as the flashy imagery droned by, showing off the extravagance of the stadium as the spokesman went into further detail of the tournament and the days to come.

"Join The Celestial Flare Tournament and strive to gain the title of champion!" Ginga couple could feel himself growing more and more excited about the event, the thought of the battles to come leaving a spark in his eyes.

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