Gingka: I thought you weren't going to post any new chapter stories because you couldn't keep up with writing them!
Me: Pshh, I've been waiting to post this one for a long time, or rather, repost it. Plus, I made myself write the whole story before posting it, so there won't be a lack of updates due to unfinished chapters!
Gingka: Right, this is the rewrite of that one you took down almost a year ago, the one where Nemesis won and I went into hiding after losing Pegasus…
Me: Well, yeah, but this time it's a bit different. To those of you who remember the original 'Rule of Nemesis,' you already know the basic plotline of this story. I took the original down because I made a bunch of very clumsy errors while writing it, and contradicted myself multiple times. Those errors have now been all smoothed out and fixed, resulting in the creation of a much better quality story. So, with the basic plotline still intact, but quite a few major changes to how it all happened, please enjoy the new, hopefully action-packed Rule of Nemesis!
The world was dark. Dark clouds completely covered the entire earth, with lightning flashing every few minutes. In the center of what had once been the proud capital of the Beyblade world, Metal Bey City, there now stood a huge palace, standing over the ruins of what had been the WBBA headquarters. Seven years ago, laughter and shouts were heard in the streets, and the sound of beys clashing could be heard all over the city. But, on one fateful day, it had all changed. Suddenly, dark purple clouds had covered the sky, blocking out the sun. Earthquakes and volcanoes, tsunamis and tornadoes, many natural disasters had destroyed many cities. Few buildings in Metal Bey City still stood, and even these were badly damaged and threatened to collapse at any moment. Everyone was constantly hiding in their homes, coming out only to scavenge for what they needed to survive. Fear reigned, as it had for the last seven years, since the day that hope and freedom had died.
-Flashback, seven years earlier-
"Yeah! We did it guys!" a redheaded teen exclaimed as he picked himself up off the ground.
"Phew! That was close!" Kyoya muttered, brushing dust off of his light tan pants.
"Ladies and gentlemen, they have done it!" Blader DJ, who was hovering in a helicopter overhead, exclaimed, then proceeded to introduce all nine of the bladers standing on the island below.
Suddenly, a pillar of dark energy rose out of the large hole in the ground behind the group, as the dark clouds again covered the earth.
"No way! Let it Rip!" the Legendary Bladers relaunched, but eight of them were knocked back, leaving only a silver, blue, and red one barely spinning in the center.
"Pegasus!" Gingka exclaimed, smiling at his bey as he carefully sped up its rotation. "Looks like it's just you and me, buddy! Let's finish this!"
Pegasus charged at Nemesis, but was flung back, along with Gingka.
"We can't do this, not alone." Gingka muttered as he got back to his feet.
"Gingka!" Kyoya suddenly held up his shattered Leone towards his rival. "Then take this!"
"Yeah! If you can't defeat him on your own, then use our power as well!" the other seven also held up their shattered beys.
"Wha…" Gingka was shocked as the rest of the bladers around the world did the same, calling his name and cheering him on. A huge amount of light energy flew towards him, engulfing the Autumn blader in a bright white light.
"Alright then, let's do this!" Gingka shouted, turning back to the battle as his blue aura turned gold with the power of all his friends and rivals.
"HAHH, YOU CAN'T BEAT ME, YOU LITTLE WORM!" Nemesis roared, flying at the redhead standing in his way.
"Pegasus! Shining Wing!" Gingka made up a new move on the spot, sending Pegasus soaring into the air.
Nemesis roared and followed.
"Pegasus! Cosmic Nova!" Gingka created another move, as he rode a golden Pegasus towards the dark bey.
Suddenly, Nemesis's worried look turned into a look of evil delight.
"YESS… I HAVE IT NOW!" the huge purple figure in front of Gingka suddenly shrank in size, and Rago and Pluto appeared behind it.
"Whatever you have, it won't defeat me and Pegasus!" Gingka called as Pegasus kept pushing against Nemesis.
"Foolish boy, don't you know that anyone who gains a full connection with their bey, true full control over it, can bring out the ultimate power? Now that I and Nemesis are practically one, you don't stand a chance! Go, Mao!" Rago yelled.
"Mao?" Gingka and the others were confused.
"My real name!" Nemesis spoke, as the dark purple flushed into a variety of colors, taking the form of a human. Nemesis, or Mao, had bushy black hair with streaks of dark purple flame in it, and wore an outfit exactly like that of King Hades. He carried a sword and shield, and a pair of dark purple feathered wings spread from his back as a dragon's tail lashed the air behind him.
"The ultimate power that Rago spoke of," Pluto spoke up, "is the power of being able to call out the constellation, or spirit, in one's bey. Rago has completed the requirements for this. Once the bey is called out, the blader can know its real name!"
"No way!" Gingka was surprised. "Keep fighting, Pegasus! Don't give up!"
The blue and silver bey charged at the humanoid figure of Mao, but was flung back as the dark bey slashed with his sword.
"Not to mention," Rago spoke again, "that you can even attack the bladers themselves!"
Mao spread his wings and flew at Gingka, who tried to dodge, but was unsuccessful.
"Gingka!" the other Legendary Bladers shouted as their friend collapsed.
"Finish him!" Rago ordered.
Mao grinned and began advancing.
Gingka struggled to stand, now severely injured by the attack from Mao. He closed his eyes as the dark bey raised its sword again.
"Gingka, no!" Ryo shouted as the pilot lost control of the helicopter. The director of the WBBA shoved everyone else out, then jumped, landing hard on the ground as the helicopter crashed.
Gingka heard his friends gasp, then the clash of metal against metal. He opened his eyes, and gasped.
Standing between him and Mao, with swords crossed, defending him, was another figure. Black, knee-high boots edged in blue were planted on the ground in a wide fighting stance. Crossed belts around the figure's hips held a pouch filled with some sort of objects that clinked as the figure shifted her position slightly, a blue tail like a horse's blowing in the wind. Blue feathered wings spread on either side of another pair of crossed leather straps, obviously for holding the pair of swords now blocking Mao's steel. Spiked, blazing red hair streaked with blue flame hung loosely down just past her shoulders as she drilled her blue eyes into Mao's dark purple, a black ninja mask edged in blue hiding the lower half of her face.
Rago growled in frustration and Mao stepped back, looking surprised.
"P-Pegasus?" Gingka stammered.
"Get up, Master. This fight isn't over yet." Pegasus turned to her blader, sheathed one sword, and held out a gloved hand to help him up. "Oh, and my name is Kaminari."
Mao suddenly took the opportunity to attack, and flew at the two. Kaminari barely blocked it, getting a small gash on her arm for her efforts as she lost her balance.
Gingka rolled quickly to the side, pressing a hand to his own wound as his bey engaged in a fierce swordfight with Mao, their swords flashing faster than the eye could see.
"Gingka!" Ryo ran over and lifted his son from the ground. "We have to get out of here!"
"But Kaminari can-" Gingka muttered, struggling to hold onto his consciousness. The left side of his face was bleeding rapidly.
"Shh, she can take care of herself, we need to get you out of here and to a hospital!" Ryo stood, his son in his arms. The rest of the Legendary Bladers ran over to the two Haganes as an explosion sounded, knocking them all over.
Kyoya growled as he picked himself up off the ground and caught sight of Gingka, now unconscious and losing a lot of blood, fast. He looked at his bey. "Leone, I don't know if you can hear me, but now would be a good time to come out!"
Kaminari suddenly landed on the ground in front of Kyoya, skidding on her back for a few feet before stopping next to Gingka.
The bey's blue eyes widened. "Master… I'm sorry, I'll get you out of here!" she got to her feet, sheathing both swords and kneeling next to the unconscious redhead.
"Now you will both die!" Mao roared, flying for the two.
Kaminari growled under her breath. "Katsusoshi! Now would be a good time!"
Kyoya yelped and dropped his bey as a bolt of green energy shot out, quickly taking form into a male figure with bushy green hair streaked with green flame and wearing a tunic and chain mail. He soon blocked Mao's attack with a large double-edged sword.
"L-Leone?" Kyoya asked.
"Katsutoshi." the Leo constellation growled, dodging Mao's next attack.
"Takahiro, Kaori, Isamu. Fukiko, Mamoru, and Shinigami. Takeo, all of you, if you don't come out now, our bladers will perish!" Kaminari shouted, glowing bright blue and shifting into her beast form after lifting Gingka.
A bright light enveloped the entire island, seven more figures barely visible through it.
That was the last time any of the Legendary Bladers were seen.
However, not all hope was gone. A small group of young bladers, growing up in the shadow of the Legendary Bladers, was hiding, waiting to make a move, trying to find the Legends.
Feet pounded against the pavement as a young teen ran. His blue eyes glanced around frantically for a chance to escape from the group of Nemesis's police that were chasing him as he clutched a small girl with light pink hair, trying to save her from the police.
"Zero, I'm scared!"
"Don't worry Maru, they wont catch us." Zero reassured her as he continued running, swerving away to the left as his eyes caught sight of an abandoned building. The black and orange-haired blader turned a corner, then stopped, ducking into a hole in the wall and running down a flight of stairs.
Zero and Maru held their breaths as they heard the police outside, running past.
"We're safe." Zero sighed, relieved. "Come on, let's get back to the others."
"Zero, there's someone else in here." Maru whispered, hearing the sounds of quiet, but frightened breathing.
Zero turned pale, peering through the darkness. "Who's there? Show yourself!" he called quietly.
"N-nobody! Just go away!" a frightened female voice called.
"Who are you?" Zero asked. "Don't worry, we won't hurt you, we were just hiding from Nemesis's police squads."
"From the police? You aren't detectives for Mao?"
Maru shuddered at the name.
"No, we're not. Who are you?" Zero asked.
"My name is Madoka, Madoka Amano."
"Madoka-chan? I'm Zero Kurogane, and this is Maru. We are part of the underground, erm, resistance movement trying to find a way to stop the Nemesis."
"Underground resistance movement?"
"Yeah, would you like to join us? We always need more bladers."
Madoka gave a light laugh. "I'm not a blader, but I would be glad to join you. I am a bey mechanic."
"Oh, okay then, follow me and I'll show you where we are." Zero said, reaching out to find the stairs that he and Maru had come down earlier.
A couple of hours later, Zero, Maru, and Madoka arrived at the edge of the city.
"What's the password?" a deep voice challenged.
"Wherever they are, that's our goal. Whatever they are, that's our job." Zero replied back quietly.
A tanned face framed in curly green hair peered out of the bushes nearby. "Welcome back, Zero!" a burly figure stepped out of the bushes. He was wearing a brown aviator's hat and goggles, as well as a purple shirt that was ripped off just above his stomach.
"Good to be back, Yoshio. This is Madoka-chan, she's a mechanic who wants to join us." Zero turned and looked at the young woman that had been following him, his eyes widening as he actually looked at her for the first time.
Madoka smiled. "Quit your gawking, would you? One would think that you were Gingka when he saw me in a fancy dress for the first time."
"You're… that girl that was with the Legendary Bladers when Nemesis took over!" Zero exclaimed.
Madoka nodded, her brown hair tangled around her face. "Yes, I was there." she said sadly.
Zero caught sight of the tears in her eyes and made no further comments about the subject, but held out a brown-gloved hand to lead the brunette to their hideout.
The rest of the resistance movement members paused what they were doing and turned to look at Madoka, all of them recognizing her as she followed Zero towards the girls' tents.
Zero paused outside of a large tent, which had lively, but quiet chatter inside. "Umm, some of our girl members are in here, they should be able to help you with anything you need." he said, scratching at the tent door.
A blonde girl with brown eyes unzipped the tent entrance and peered out. "Oh, hey Zero! Glad to see you back!" she said.
"Hey Ren! This is Madoka-chan, I thought you and the others might be able to help her with whatever she needs." Zero introduced the brunette.
"Hello Madoka-chan!" Ren greeted, stepping out of the tent. She was wearing a light green tank top underneath a black and pink jacket, along with red shorts and a belt with her bey gear. "Come on, we'll get you cleaned up!" she grabbed Madoka's hand and eagerly lead her inside the tent with Maru following.
Zero sighed and walked back to the center of their makeshift camp, sitting down next to an older teen with curly, cream-colored hair wearing a red jacket over a white shirt.
"Hey Shinobu." the black-haired blader greeted his friend.
"Hey Zero! Glad to see you back safely!" Shinobu turned and grinned.
"So, how did your last little adventure go?" Zero asked.
"Well, I found a whole crate of new launchers down by the docks, so we can replace our old ones." Shinobu patted a sack lying next to him.
"Cool! I found one of the people who was actually with the Legendary Bladers when they were defeated."
"Really? Who?" Shinobu was interested.
"Madoka Amano, she's a bey mechanic and agreed to join. We found her in an old abandoned building, she's with Maru and Ren right now."
"What are you two idiots babbling on about?" a voice said from behind them.
Zero and Shinobu turned. Standing behind them, with his arms crossed, was another teen, wearing a purple and red outfit with red elbow-length gloves and a black patch covering the upper right half of his face. His hair was mostly a light purple, with streaks of pink, turquoise, and green in it.
"Just the results of our latest missions, Kira." Shinobu replied.
"And?" Kira uncrossed his arms.
"Zero got a new recruit and I got a bunch of new launchers."
"Sounds like you both did a pretty good job then."
"Yeah, what about you?"
"Nothing, the only thing I got was a bruise on my arm."
"Well, better luck next time Kira!" Zero laughed.
Kira glared at the younger teen and stalked off.
"He's probably going to go sulk in his tent." Shinobu chuckled.
"I wish we had some sort of clue… something to set us on the perfect road to our goal." a brown-haired teen wearing a lab coat and glasses said, sitting down next to Shinobu.
"Yeah, that would be nice, wouldn't it?" Shinobu replied.
"Hey Kite!" Zero greeted.
"Hey Zero." Kite mumbled, still deep in thought.
"Zero! Shinobu! Have you seen the idiot Takanosuke anywhere?" a teen with red and white hair wearing red and black asked.
"No Sakyo, I haven't seen him since breakfast this morning." Shinobu replied.
"And I've only been back for about five minutes, so I haven't seen him either." Zero said.
Sakyo growled. "That idiot is going to get himself killed one of these days…" he walked off muttering threats under his breath.
"I wonder what our leader is doing?" Zero wondered aloud, looking over towards a tent off to his right.
"Probably trying to figure out what our next move should be, if we only had some sort of clue…" Kaito trailed off again.
Inside the tent, a figure was snoring away. His messy red and silver hair hung partially over his face, and he was wearing a long orange coat and a dark brown shirt underneath it. A pair of brown and orange boots stood against the wall of the tent, next to a table where a shining metal mask rested, with gold spiked hair waving in a gentle breeze.
"Master Phoenix? Are you there?" Ryo awoke with a start, hearing the voice of one of the teens he was leading. The redhead grabbed his helmet and put it on.
"Yes, what is it?" he asked.
"It's almost dinnertime, and Sakyo can't find Takanosuke." Kira reported.
"Alright, we'll have a search party out for him if he's not back by the time we finish eating." Ryo stepped out of his tent.
Immediately, all of the teens scattered around the clearing snapped to attention.
"Zero, Shinobu. I see you have returned. What did you find?" Ryo asked as the two stood from their places by the fire.
"I found a crate of undamaged launchers that we can use to replace any of our old ones that need to be replaced." Shinobu said.
"And I found a new recruit, one who was actually with the Legendary Bladers when they were defeated." Zero said.
Ryo held his breath, a tear slipping out of his eye at the mention of the Legendary Bladers. "Who is it?" he asked. The older Hagane had not seen any of his son's friends since that bright light had shone on them all, and they had all disappeared. Ryo had woken up in Koma Village, with Hyoma and Hokuto bending over him worriedly. Apparently, he had been dropped in the center of the village by a rather fierce-looking figure with brown hair streaked with purple flame, wearing a blue tunic and carrying a scythe. Ryo could only assume that it had been Kronos by their description, but they had seen no other strange figures that day, not even Aguma. He had not known where the others were, but thought, that if he had been saved by one of the Legendary beys, that they must have as well. Gingka however, must be long dead from his injuries by now.
"Her name is Madoka Amano."
So it was Madoka, the closest of Gingka's friends. Ryo let out a sigh at the thought of the brunette. "Where is she now?"
"I left her with Maru and Ren, so that they could help her get cleaned up and stuff."
"Have her come to my tent when they are done." Ryo turned and strode back to his tent, disappearing inside and closing the entrance.
"Yes sir!" Zero saluted, then sat back down once Ryo was out of sight.
Me: Earth to Gingka, come in Gingka!
Gingka:-is sitting and staring straight ahead, his face full of shock-
Me: Hey! I'm talking to you here!
Gingka: You… You actually did it?
Me: Did what?
Gingka: You killed me!
Me: Oh, that… riiiight…
Gingka: Why couldn't you keep it like the original?
Me: This was more interesting! I'm trying to create emotion in the story here! Anyway, hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter, and I will post the next one on Sunday with the next chapter of 'The Hikou Brothers.' There are nine chapters total in this story, just so you guys know. Until next time, Let it rip! Galaxy out!