Hi everyone! This is my first story in a few years but I recently just finished watching Metal Fury and I couldn't wait to start writing a story about it. I've always wanted to know what would happen if someone had been there for Ryuga during the events of Metal Fury, besides Kenta, in a way where they challenged him to see things differently and help him with his trauma, since he always brings up living in a world of darkness and his horrible past throughout the series.

I made an OC for this so hopefully I can translate my ideas for this story properly but let's see where it goes! Ryuga is my all time favorite and I plan to keep true to his real character, so please let me know if I don't or if I start staying from it. I don't want to be one of those fics where the OOCness is too much to bear. With that being said, this is definitely slow burn with angst because Ryuga would never fall in love overnight!

Update 2/19/18: I'm not too happy with my earlier chapters (1-3) are so I'm in the process of slightly reworking them.

Let's go!

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade or any characters except my own!

Prologue

The whole room went silent. They couldn't believe it. It seemed so obvious now, but thanks to Kenta the last legendary blader of the four seasons has been discovered; the blader of the winter season.

"I see now!" Madoka pulled out her tiny laptop and started typing furiously. "It's so obvious! We were looking for the wrong person the whole time! I forgot to look for bladers with winter constellation beys. We all wanted Masamune to be a legendary blader so badly that we forgot to consider people we don't know as well!" the beyblade mechanic showed her computer screen to everyone else in the room. "The Legendary Blader of the winter season is, Asami Kentsu with her beyblade Arctic Wolf!" Her laptop screen popped up with information of Asami and Wolf.

Tsubasa scratched his silver head of hair and chuckled sheepishly. "You would think with the name 'Arctic Wolf' we would know she's the last legendary blader of the four seasons."

Kenta, Gingka, Madoka, Hikaru, Benkei, and Yuki all started laughing while Kyoya rolled his eyes.

"Hey Kenta," Gingka started off slowly and cocked his head to the side. "How did you find her anyway?"

The rest of the group was still unaware of the fact that Kenta had started traveling with Ryuga and he knew that he had to give up his whereabouts now. But how would everyone take it? Ryuga is a person feared by pretty much everyone in the world, so the thought of Kenta jeopardizing his safety to follow the Dragon Emperor seemed absurd.

Kenta hung his head low and sighed. "Ok everyone, you can't get mad at me ok? I-I was trying to help out the group and become a better blader! This was the only way I could help out!"

Gingka's fiery red eyebrows knitted together in confusion. "Kenta," he said softly, "what are you talking about? How could we ever be mad at you?"

"Because...because," the small green haired boy took a deep breath. "I've been traveling with Ryuga! I found Asami during my travels with him!" Kenta shut his eyes and braced himself.

"Ryuga?!" Tsubasa yelled and recoiled backward with wide and serious eyes from the mention of that name. "Kenta don't you know how dangerous that guy is?!"

Hikaru started shaking and fell back into her chair. "That guy is unpredictable Kenta. He possesses so much power, he could hurt you in a split second!"

"But he didn't! And he won't!" Kenta felt like he should defend his newest friend but he also knew his old friends were talking out of past experiences. But they didn't know Ryuga like he does. "Look, I know where you guys are coming from but you don't know Ryuga like I do. He hasn't banned me from traveling with him and I'm still me, aren't I? I've improved so much from my travels with him. He's not as cold-hearted as you think!"

"How would you know?" Tsubasa asked coldly. "Don't you remember Battle Bladers?"

A tiny growl erupted from the small kid as he turned to Tsubasa. "He helped you overcome the dark power remember? He helped us in the final stage of the World Championships by defeating Jack! He saved my life during our travels together and he's a completely different person when he's around Asami! No one knows Ryuga like I do!" Kenta's eyes started glowing and an aura of fire started glowing around him with every word that came to Ryuga's defense.

Gingka reached out to his longtime friend and rested a gloved hand on the young blader's shoulder. "Woa Kenta! Take it easy! We believe you, pal, don't worry. No one could understand Ryuga as much as you can because you've actually spent time with the guy," Gingka's eyes softened as he spoke. The aura vanished and Kenta visibly relaxed. "Everyone's just skeptical that's all."

"Now where can we find Asami?" Yuki piped up for the first time. "We need her aid so we can stop the revival of Nemesis together!" Typical Yuki, down to business as usual.

Kenta grimaced slightly as he answered because he knew they wouldn't like it. "She's with Ryuga."

Everyone in the room became even more confused. "What?! Why?!" Madoka asked for everyone.

Kenta rubbed his neck and chuckled sheepishly, "Uh well you see, I'm trying to get them together. They're a perfect match for each other, trust me, and they just need a little push. They already spend so much time together and Ryuga's really changed!" Kenta backtracked slightly. "Uh I mean- well, he's not a whole new person or anything, but he has definitely become nicer because of her!"

"Kenta," Tsubasa rubbed his temples and groaned. "This isn't the time to be playing Cupid, you know. The future of beyblade is at stake here!"

"Awww no way!" Madoka had heart eyes on and nearly sprang out of her chair. She loved romance and fairy tales and perfect storybook endings so this was right up her alley. She secretly believed in soulmates and that everyone had their perfect match out there somewhere, even people like Ryuga. "Kenta that's the cutest thing! How are you going to do it?! Can I help?"

Kenta started panicking and waved his hands in the air. "Ah Madoka no! Believe me, I wish you could but Ryuga is stubborn as a rock and likes being alone so a lot of people can't get involved you know?"

"You're wasting your time," a cool voice stated. "Ryuga isn't capable of loving anything or anyone else other than beyblade. His heart is taken by L Drago and becoming the best."

Kenta's body recoiled slightly from the statement and turned his gaze to Hikaru. "Hikaru! How could you say that?"

The former blader sighed and her hands clenched into fists on her lap under the table. "I'm sorry Kenta but that's the truth. The fact is, is that Ryuga is a cold-hearted and power hungry person. He would never drop anything in his life for some girl."

The fire aura started to faintly glow again and Kenta's jaw clenched. "Oh yeah? Well, I'll prove you wrong! I will get Asami and Ryuga together and they'll be happy!"

Gingka watched one of his best friends transform right in front of his eyes. He couldn't help but wonder what Kenta has gone through with Ryuga to change this drastically. Kenta was still the same kind-hearted person he first met years ago, but it was obvious that the young green haired blader also became extremely tough and determined and sort of...wild. Gingka couldn't help but be proud of him.

The Pegasus blader calmly rose to his feet and took control of the situation before it became worse. Gingka looked down and closed his eyes while saying, "Hey guys that's enough. Look, if Kenta wants to play matchmaker that's his choice. But the fact of the matter still is, is that we need Asami's strength in order to stop the revival of Nemesis." He looked over at Kenta and smiled. "I have full faith that Kenta will bring the powers of both Ryuga and Asami to us. For now, we still need to find the last solar system legendary blader ok?"

Kenta beamed and started smiling. "Gingka, everyone, I will not let you down! I promise!"

Gingka nodded once. "Good luck Kenta. I will see you again soon my friend."

Kenta knew the hard challenges that laid ahead of him but he had faith. One way or another, they would all put a stop to Nemesis once and for all. And help Ryuga fall in love too. That was certain.

So if it wasn't clear to anyone, this prologue is set in the future and the story (next chapter) is set months prior to this, and is where the beginning really is.

Comments, questions? Do I need to expand on anything? Does something not make sense? Let me know!