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Madoka's Protector
Chapter 1: Let The Games Begin
"Ready, Kenta?", Ginga excitedly asked as he gripped Galaxy Pegasus in his left hand, his fiery red hair blowing in the strong winds that surrounded the stadium.
"You bet, Ginga!", Kenta yelled, "I'm not holding back!". He anxiously placed his Flame Sagittario on the launcher, eager to battle his mentor once again.
"Awesome!", Ginga said, "Neither will I!" With that, he slammed Pegasus on the launcher and shoved the rip cord through. He steadied his fighting stance and stared Kenta down. Kenta was doing the exact same thing to him.
Up in the stands sat three of Ginga's closet friends. Benkei, a strong willed yet somewhat oafish blader, Yuu, a golden haired boy who often considered Ginga his rival, and then there was Madoka. She was arguably the closet thing Ginga ever had to a girlfriend. Unfortunately, Ginga didn't have the slightest idea what to do with the opposite sex. So, Madoka always settled for being his faithful mechanic. She looked down at her laptop, but instead of analyzing battle data as she usually did, she was looking over the photos from her last vacation with her friends. She was staring at one photo in particular, of her and Ginga together at the beach. They each had an arm each other's shoulders, and big smiles plastered on their faces. She was wearing a light green two piece while he was wearing his traditional blue trunks. But she was perplexed by something she had never noticed before, in the picture Ginga was slightly blushing. She twirled a piece of her hair with her finger while trying to figure out why.
Meanwhile, on the battlefield below, Ginga and Kenta were ready to unleash their beys against each other. They gripped the ends of their ripcords and steadied their stances once more.
"3…2…1…LET IT RIP!", they both shouted as they whipped the ripcords from the launchers, sending their beys flying into the arena where they both landed. In the stands, Yuu and Benkei jumped to their feet with excitement. The battle was underway.
"Go Pegasus! Attack him head on!", Ginga commanded. Pegasus followed it's master's orders and sped up, colliding headfirst into Sagittario. It wobbled a bit but quickly regained it's ground, putting a little distance between itself and Pegasus.
"Don't worry, Sagittario! Circle back around him and attack!", Kenta instructed. It did so, veering to the right before heading to the edge of the dish to circle around towards Pegasus.
"Now, Pegasus, counterattack!", Ginga called to his bey, causing it to do a complete 360 and slam into Sagittario, sending them both flying. They regained their ground and picked up speed, slamming into each other again, this time causing a miniature explosion.
"Come on, you got him on the ropes Gingi!", Yuu cheered.
"Don't quit, Kenta! Keep attacking!", Benkei shouted.
"Sagittario, let's finish this quickly! Flaming Fortune Wheel!", Kenta commanded, activating his special move. The face bolt glowed bright green as the wheel burst into flames. Sagittario then shot out into the outer rim before doing a 180 and began circling around Pegasus with unbelievable speed, creating a circle of flames.
"Oh no! Pegasus!", Ginga cried. He was right to be worried, Pegasus was trapped. The flames began closing in fast.
"Come on, Gingi! Break outta there!", Kenta encouraged him, "There's a still a chance you can win this!"
"There ain't no chance in hell!", Benkei shouted, "Finish him off, Kenta!"
"Go, Sagittario! Finish him off!", Kenta ordered. And with that, the flames thrust themselves forward and into Pegasus, causing a huge explosion. When the smoke finally cleared, Pegasus was lying flat on the ground, while Sagittario was still spinning. "All right! I won!"
Ginga smiled and picked up Pegasus, examining the bey. It was covered in quite a few scratches and had some blackened marks. "Oh well, nothing Madoka can't fix.", he thought to himself. Walking over to Kenta, he extended his hand.
"Thanks again, Kenta! That was a great battle!", Ginga said. Kenta shook his hand and nodded.
"By the way, where did you pull that special move from? I've never seen you use it.", he asked.
"Yeah, it was amazing!", Benkei added.
"Thanks. I trained for months to perfect that new move, and it looks like it finally paid off!", he laughed.
"Sure did, just too bad you lost Gingi.", Yuu said.
"Eh, it's fine. I'm always glad to have a battle, doesn't matter if I win or not.", Ginga replied.
Madoka, in the meantime, was still sitting there looking at the picture on her laptop and pondering what exactly made Ginga blush. She continued to look at Ginga, who despite smiling, was very clearly turning red.
"Maybe it was my swimsuit.", she pondered, "I mean, it was probably the first time he saw a girl in something that revealing. Or maybe it's the fact that we have our arms around each other, or that our hips are touching." Suddenly, she was snapped out of her thoughts by a familiar voice.
"Did you see me out there, Madoka? I was awesome, wasn't I?", the voice bragged. Madoka immediately shut her laptop and turned her head to see Ginga standing next to her.
"Uh…no. My mind was kinda…in another place.", she said. Ginga's expression immediately turned to disappointment. She frowned, knowing that she had upset him.
"Where was your mind?", he asked. Madoka felt like slapping her forehead, sometimes he took things too literally.
"Not like that, Ginga! It means I was distracted. I'm sorry.", she apologized as she hung her head. Suddenly, she felt a hand messing around in her hair. She looked up, and saw it was Ginga trying to make her feel better.
"Hey now, don't get so down. It happens to the best of us.", he said, "Anyway, I was hoping you and I could head down to the B-Pit and get Pegasus fixed up. That flame wheel attack of Kenta's really scratched him up."
Handing his bey to her, she looked it over and her eyes went wide in surprise. "No kidding.", she said. Ginga then put a hand on her shoulder, causing her to blush as he looked straight into her eyes.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!", he said as they began walking away from the stands. As they walked, she could've sworn Ginga just had a very caring look in his eyes when he talked to her.
Sometime later, they sat down in the basement of the B-Pit as Madoka put the finishing touches on Pegasus. She gave it one last polish with a cloth before pulling up her goggles and bringing it to Ginga, who was napping on the couch. She bent down on her knees and gently nudged him, causing him to yawn and slowly open his eyes. And the first thing he saw was her smiling face, and this time it was his turn to blush.
"What's the matter?", she laughed, "Do you think I was watching you sleep?"
"…K-kinda.", Ginga nervously sat in there in silence as the two began to chuckle. At that point, they both burst out laughing. Madoka loved this feeling, the feeling of laughing with Ginga. The feeling of just being with Ginga. He got up off the couch and took his bey from her, giving her another rub on the head.
"Thanks, Madoka. I owe you one.", he thanked her.
"Oh, Ginga. You don't owe me anything.". she assured him. As they headed upstairs, they both stopped in their tracks when they heard a rumbling in the distance. Glancing out the window, they saw dark clouds looming in the distance. Suddenly, a huge crack of thunder sounded as lightning lit up the sky. Madoka screamed and leapt into Ginga's arms. A split second before the loud boom, Ginga opened his arms knowing he would have to protect Madoka. They both fell to the floor, as Ginga wrapped his arms around her and held her tight.
He began to run his fingers through her soft brown hair, as Madoka slowly calmed down from the shock. Yet, despite the initial shock wearing off, they didn't release each other. Instead, they remained on top of each other, Ginga's arms around her, and her face buried in his chest. They didn't even notice the knock at the door…
To Be Continued