(A/N)So, I decided in my dwindling spare time to create this story. I like Ryuga, so I decided to write a story focused around him in school with the rest of the cast. You'll have to be forgiving of bad grammar and stuff, seeing as this is my first story, and please forgive the fact that all these people from different countries are all at the one school. I also am from New Zealand, so I use that form of English (mum instead of mom, stuff like that). Also, constructive criticism is nice, but don't tear my work apart without reason. With all that said, here's the first chapter. I will update this when I can.

"This is such a waste of time" Ryuga muttered. Somehow, the irritating green haired kid had managed to drag him to the WBBA headquarters."Come on Ryuga! Gingkas dad asked us all to come!" Kenta said. Ryuga sighed.
"Listen kid, the knowledge that the ginger idiot and his annoying crew will all be there is not making me any more eager to come along" he snarled. Kenta just shook his head and kept on walking. Eventually, they made it into Ryo Hagane's new office. Ryuga scanned the crowd. Gingka, Kyoya, Benkei, Madoka, Masamune, Tsubasa, King, Julian and Ryuto were just a few of the faces in the crowd. In other words, almost everyone who annoyed him was in the room. Ryuga immediatly went over and leant against a wall with his eyes closed, trying to pretend they weren't there while Kenta went and greeted Gingka and the others. Ryuga opened his eyes slightly, and saw a dreaded sight. Gingka walking in his direction. Ryuga silently hoped he was going somewhere else, but this hope was shattered by the redheads voice. "Hey Ryuga!" Gingka said cheerfully, oblivious to the Dragon Emperors displeasure at his presence. Not wanting to be rude, at least not yet, Ryuga decided to reply.

"Long time no see Gingka" he said. Before Gingka could say anything else, Ryo entered the room with Hikaru behind him. Hikaru looked around the room, doing a quick head count. Everyone who they'd asked to come was here. However, when she saw Ryuga looking at her, she froze. Her breathing increased and she began to shake slightly. Noticing Hikarus nervousness, Ryuga looked away, slightly ashamed that he was the reason for that. She was still shaken up from what happened at Battle Bladers. Admittedly, that hadn't been him in control back then, but he still felt guilty for it. These thoughts were interrupted by Ryo's voice. "Hello everyone! It is I, the immortal phoenix!" Everyone sweatdropped at that. "Thank you all for coming today. The WBBA has made a decision concerning all of you, and you need to know about it!"

"What is it dad?" Gingka asked. "A lifes supply of hamburgers?" he guessed with hope in his voice.
"A massive tournament?" asked Tsubasa.
"An art show?" asked Jack.
"You're reforming the WBBA into an orginisation dedicated to promoting the usefulness of crabs in beyblade?" Tetsuya asked with his weird facial expression.
"Tetsuya, what are you on about?" Damian asked.
"Just ask Gingka crab, I beat him in a battle once, USING A CRAB!" Tetsuya announced proudly. Gingka face palmed.
"Wow Gingy, you lost to the crabby guy? I thought you were strong!" Yu said, trying to wind Gingka up. Ryuga was annoyed at this. "I don't want to be around you fools for longer than I have to, so I'll ask all of you to SHUT UP! Just pay attention to the self-proclaimed long lived flaming chicken over there so he can finished his speech, and I can leave!" Literally everyone was silent after that. "Uh, anyways..." Ryo said, awkwardly scratching his head. "All of you are, as of now, officially high school students!" Everyones jaw dropped. After around 5 seconds of silence, literally everyone started talking at once. "How could you do this to us dad?!" Gingka whined.
"School? I don't have time for something meaningless like that!" Kyoya snarled.
"I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL! I DON'T WANNA!" Yu screamed, showing his immature nature.
"Mr Hagane, you can't be serious!" Tsubasa said, still recovering from the surprise.
"You dare command the dragon emperor, Hagane?" Ryuga growled.
"Everyone, shut up!" Hikaru shouted. "The directors decision is final! Today is Saturday, so you all have effectively two days to get ready!"
"Um, Hikaru..." Ryo muttered.
"Yes director?"
"You're going with them" he said.
"WHAT?" Hikaru gasped.
"Hikaru, you are still a teenager. You all need your education. This is for the best. As Hikaru said, you all have 1 day to prepare. All of your gear will be paid for by the WBBA, but if you lose or damage it, you will have to pay for replacements. Now, all of you, get going! Meet back here tomorrow, at 7PM" Ryuga was only too happy to oblige, walking towards the exit immediatly.
"Ryuga, wait!" Kenta called, but Gingka put a hand on his shoulder. "Kenta, don't worry about him. How about you come get ready with us? We can use tomorrow for a full day of solid training!" Gingka suggested.
"Yeah, you'll want to get as strong as you can Gingka, before I crush you in total victory!" Kyoya proclaimed in his usual fashion. Gingka thought "doesn't this guy have anything better to do than challenge me?" Despite this, he smiled. "You're on, Kyoya!" Everyone else then left the building, and Ryo sighed.
"Well, that went more smoothly than I expected. But now there's the problem of making them actually attend. I guess I'll burn that bridge when I come to it, for I..." Ryo then jumped on his chair for extra dramatic effect. "AM THE IMMORTAL PHOENIX" he proclaimed loudly. He then sensed that someone was watching him, and saw Tetsuya poking his head around the corner. They awkwardly stared at each other, before Ryo quickly got out his bey and launcher. "LET IT RIP!" he shouted, and Burn Fireblaze was launched, flaming, straight at Tetsuya. The crab obsessed blader shrieked and ran out of the building, with a cape that was still slightly on fire.

The next day, Ryuga was on top of a building, frowning, consumed in thought. Most people would wonder how he managed to get there, but when you can teleport via red lightning, you can get around pretty easily. "Damn it Hagane, how dare he send me to school! I know all I need to know to survive. Hell, I've been living in the wilderness for a long time now, training to become even stronger, and he wants me caged into this school with all the other idiots?" Ryuga said, thinking out loud to himself."He can't force me to go, I'm stronger than all of these people, if anyone tries to force me to go, it'll be the last mistake they make!" he snarled. He stood up, proud of his decision, and got ready to leave. However, a couple thoughts crossed his mind. First off, if he did decide to skip, no doubt Kenta would repeat what he did during the nemesis crisis, and follow him around until he changed his mind. Ryuga shuddered. While it had worked out for the best in the end, as he listened to the kids request and helped Gingka and the others seal away Nemesis, it had been rather annoying, listening to him ask all the time. He had also once seen Kenta standing in a lake doing an impression of him, and he didn't want to risk that happening again. Ryuga shuddered at the memory. Strangely, Hikaru also crossed his mind. They were going to be at the same school, so maybe he'd have a chance to try repair the damage that had been done. He'd already proven that he wasn't on the side of evil anymore several times, so maybe she'd be willing to forgive him. Ryuga sighed. "Since when did I start caring about others?" he asked. He then used his lightning teleportation ability (A/N No idea how this works, or why he can do it. He just can) to get off the roof, and onto the sidewalk below. He then began to wonder what to do with the rest of his Sunday. He could go out and do some training, but he wouldn't have more than a few hours at most, not really enough to work up a sweat. He looked at L-Drago Destructor. It was in perfect condition, so he wouldn't need to go repair it. He then remembered hearing Gingka saying that he and his friends would be training today. He considered this. While they still weren't good enough to match him, Gingka, Kyoya and King were all decent challenges and good sources for improvement. He was also curious to see how powerful Kenta had become now, seeing as the kid was improving at a fast rate. However, they probably weren't going to be overjoyed to see him, and they annoyed him anyway. Ryuga pondered his options for a couple moments. "Damn it, I must be going soft..." he muttered. He turned around and began his journey towards the beypark.

At midday, all the bladers were at the beypark. They'd agreed to spend the day together, seeing as they might not be able to hang out much at school. Gingka was currently in a battle with Masamune, as a matter of fact, their 5th one in a row. Currently, the score was 4 to Gingka, 1 to Masamune, but the self proclaimed number 1 blader claimed he was just warming up. Kyoya was just sitting there, bored out of his mind. "You know, other people want to battle Gingka too you know" he muttered under his breath. Benkei and Kenta were in a match, and despite Kenta's immense growth in strength, Benkei was still able to hold his own.
"Come on Bull! Crush him! Dark Bull, Red Horn Uppercut!" Benkei shouted.
"Hold your ground Saggitario!" said Kenta. Dark Bull crashed into Flame Saggitario, and sent the stamina type flying. It landed back down, still in the stadium. Kenta breathed a sigh of relief. "Man, that was close! I guess I still have a long way to go" he said to himself. "Yeah, you do" said a voice behind him. Kenta spun around only to see Ryuga walking over to them.
"Ryuga? What are you doing here?" Kenta asked. Funnily enough, during his walk there, Ryuga had been debating if he'd made the right decision. Not wanting to create an awkward silence, Ryuga gave Kenta an answer.
"If I'm going to be stuck in a school with all of you, I decided that I'd need to learn to tolerate your presence a bit better" he announced, hoping that his answer would be satisfactory. Kenta smiled, nodded, then turned back to the battle. Ryuga looked around. He saw that Dashan was currently battling Julian and Chao Xin was battling Chi Yun in the remaining two stadiums. Ryuga sighed and walked over to the seats where everyone else was. His heart sank when he saw Hikaru flinch and look away, but he didn't allow it to show on his face. "Hey" he said casually.
"Hey Ryuga" Ryuto said. A few of the others also greeted him, but most of them just looked at him, trying to figure out his intentions.
"Any of you want to battle me?" he asked. At this question, a lot of the bladers were shocked. Why would Ryuga, the blader who had only ever been defeated once, be asking them to battle, and more importantly, which one of them would be crazy enough to say yes?
"Sure, I'm up for it!" Ryuto said. The rest of the bladers breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that now Ryuga had a target, meaning that he wouldn't go after them.
"Fine brother, but be warned, I will not go easy on you!" Ryuga announced.
"Same goes to you, Ryuga!" Ryuto proclaimed. Chao Xin looked over at them, temporarily ignoring the battle he was in.
"Hey guys, it's good to see that you're getting pumped up, but in case you haven't noticed, all the stadiums are full! Just wait your turn, ok?" he called over. Ryuga looked at him, and got one of his signiture intimidation smiles.
"You're right, all the stadiums are full. Let's change that, shall we?" he said menacingly. Chao Xin looked at him in fear.
"Uh, what do you mean by that?" he asked nervously. Ryuga answered by getting L-Drago Destructor out of his gauntlet, and got out his lancher.
"Let it rip!" Ryuga shouted. L-Drago soared into Chao Xins stadium, instantly knocking out his Poison Virgo, and then quicky knocking Thermal Lacerta out of the stadium as well. Chao Xin looked at Ryuga with fear and anger on his face. "Well, look at this. Now there is a free stadium" Ryuga said, while simultaneously smirking at him. Chao Xin just growled, then picked up his bey and walked off, trying to look as cool as possible considering the circumstances. Ryuga called back L-Drago and walked over to the stadium. Ryuto stood at the other side. "So, Ryuto, do you think you can put up a better fight than them?" Ryuga asked. Ryuto smiled confidently back at him.
"Of course I can! You should be worried about you not being strong enough!" he proclaimed bravely. The two brothers took aim.
"Come on Ryuga!" called Kenta, who had finished his battle with Benkei, having narrowly claimed victory.
"Go get him Ryuto!" Gingka said.
"HEY, GINGKA!" Masamune was shouting, while being held back by Tsubasa."GET BACK HERE! OUR BATTLE ISN'T DONE! IT'S A BEST OUT OF 11 BATTLE AND YOU ONLY WON 5 SO YOU COME BACK HERE AND BATTLE ME OR THE TITLE OF NUMBER ONE BLADER IS MINE FOREVER AND EVER AND..." Tsubasa just facepalmed with his free hand. Dashan and Julians battle had ended in a tie, as Black Excalibur and Crushing Blast had caused a simultaneous stadium out, so they were walking over to watch the battle too. Ryuga grinned. He loved the feeling right before a beybattle. The adreneline, the tension, the thoughts of strategy and the anticipation of victory. It was addicting, and one of the reasons he loved beyblading. However, the anticipation of victory is not nearly as rewarding as actual victory, so he returned his thoughts to the situation happening.
"3! 2! 1! Let it RIP!" the two brothers shouted. L-Drago and Dragonis both landed in the stadium and charged towards each other. Seeing as it was a right rotating bey vs a left rotating bey, they clashed head on, causing an explosion with the force of their collision. Dragonis was sent flying, but landed back in the stadium. Dragonis then charged again, but L-Drago remained mostly stationary. Dragonis slammed into L-Drago and began pushing, but the attack did no noticeable damage. Ryuga smirked as he felt Dragonis' power be absorbed. He then made L-Drago back up slightly, then charge. However, even a close range attack like that sent Ryuto's bey flying again.
"Wow, you're really good Ryuga!" Ryuto commented. He knew his brother was strong, but he wasn't expecting that level of power right off the bat. He assumed that Ryuga was going all out. Truth was, Ryuga wasn't using all of L-Drago's full power, not even close.
"Of course I'm good Ryuto, would you expect anything else?" Ryuga said, with a hint of smugness in his voice.
"Don't give up Ryuto!" Gingka called.
"Send that so-called Dragon Emperor flying!" Kyoya shouted. Ryuga wasn't surprised that Kyoya was against him, seeing as he had beaten him twice, and Kyoya did not take losing well.
"Come on Ryuga! Finish it!" Kenta shouted.
"It doesn't matter how good you are Ryuga, I won't back down from anyone!" Ryuto said. "Dragonis!" As he called his beys name, Dragonis changed modes, showing Ryutos control over his beys power. Now in it's more powerful mode, Dragonis started delivering several fierce attacks to L-Drago. Ryuga had to admit it, Ryuto wasn't too bad. However, he wasn't about to lose. L-Drago charged forward, pushing back against Dragonis. While it wasn't a one-sided clash, L-Drago was clearly stronger. It kept pushing until Dragonis was almost pushed out of the stadium. "Dragonis! Move away" Ryuto cried. Dragonis then quickly sped away from L-Drago and began circling. "It seems I have no choice! I'll have to go all out!" he shouted. "Dragonis! Special Move, Hammer Bolt!" As he said this, green energy balls formed in Ryuto's hands. He then slammed them together. Dragonis charged towards L-Drago. Ryuga smirked.
"You call that a special move? Pathetic! Let me show you what real power looks like!" he called. A faint red aura formed around Ryuga, indicating that he was beginning to use a fraction of his full strength. "Go, L-Drago Destructor!" Ryuga shouted. His bey then changed modes from Absorb Mode into attack mode. However, Ryuga wasn't done yet. "Dragon Emperor, Supreme Flight!" As Ryuga said this, a giant flaming dragon emerged from L-Drago. Everyone watched in awe at this. On the sidelines, Hikaru flinched, but even she couldn't help but be impressed by Ryuga's overwhelming power. The dragon breathed a stream of fire, hitting Dragonis and sending it flying out of the arena. After a couple seconds of silence, most of the bladers started cheering, and even Hikaru gave the two brothers a small clap. Ryuto collapsed to his knees in shock. However, he couldn't help but smile. "That was awesome bro!" he called over to Ryuga.
"Hmph!" Ryuga grunted, but a small grin appeared on his face. "Keep training and maybe you might pose an actual challenge next time" he said. As Ryuto walked over to get Dragonis, Ryuga called back L-Drago. As the sounds of the other bladers cheering filled his ears, and the feeling of victory washed over him, Ryuga felt almost happy, and he wished that he could keep blading like this forever.