Summary: The second adventure. A shooting star falls on Earth—except it's not just a star. What follows is a quest for discovery, for things are not always what they appear to be.

Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade Metal Fusion, Bakugan, or any other things in this story that belong to someone else, barring elements and themes which appear later.

Well, yes. I'm claiming some plot elements because I've never seen another fanfiction with the ideas I have in mind, though that might just be because they're insane and stuff. And just who is the cloaked girl who didn't show up in time? (Really, they were supposed to do the disclaimer.)

Cloaked girl: Sorry.

And she is just called "cloaked girl" for now because her name hasn't been revealed yet and she is a girl. Wearing a cloak. I'm so original. (sarcasm)

In other news, this story finally has its first review, from vampireknight08!

So... P. Thank you? Maybe?

...I'm so confused right now.


The next day, the wind blew strong upon the top of a tower. On the top of the tower stood Kyoya, leader of the Face Hunters, Gingka, Kyoya's opponent, Kenta, Gingka's friend, and Madoka, some random person who bugged Gingka into taking her along under the pretense that Pegasus was "unfit for battle". At the base of the tower, the cloaked girl was late (again) and had just walked into the building. She missed the first few minutes of the battle, but at least she had attended to her arm and it was hurting less. When the two Beys were launched, the girl winced and pressed a hand to her forehead.

I guess Leone is really powerful, she thought. Up at the top of the tower, Gingka was having trouble. Leone was somehow creating cyclonic winds, which were nearly blowing everyone except Kyoya off the tower and making straight on attacks useless. Madoka had said it was something about "directing airflow with slots", but Gingka didn't think a slot could cause a gust strong enough to nearly blow Kenta off the tower when Pegasus charged Leone. The cloaked girl had just arrived at the scene, and quickly bent down and held the edges of her cloak to conceal herself, but in doing do she couldn't see the battle. Gingka's scarf had just blown off, giving him an idea.

"Pegasus, Starblast Attack!" Pegasus charged through the air, coming down straight on top of Leone. The winds let out a final gust, and then Leone slowly stopped spinning. A flicker of movement during Pegasus's final charge had drawn Gingka's attention to someone else, however.

"Hey! Who are you?" The cloaked girl froze and then slowly looked up, holding her head. She felt as though something was slowly clawing its way out of her skull. Then, she spoke, in a raspy voice like a knife against stone that caused all there to shiver and Kyoya to step back.

"You foolish human… You dare ask me—Ah!" The girl collapsed holding her head. Gingka blinked. She stood up and stole a quick apologetic glance back at the stunned Kyoya before running away.

Kenta, Gingka, and Madoka were all confused. What had happened with the cloaked girl, and her sudden appearance and disappearance made Gingka suspect that she wasn't exactly on the side of good, but curiosity compelled him to try to follow her all the way down to the streets. Just when they had given up searching and were beginning to think it was just some strange hallucination, Kenta spotted a flash of dark color at the corner of his vision. When he turned to look at it, he saw the girl sitting on top of a lamppost, kicking her legs. Kenta motioned Gingka over, but couldn't see Madoka in the crowd.

"What happened back there on the top of the tower? Who are you? Are you working for the Face Hunters?" Gingka was the first to speak. The girl shrugged.

"I don't know, everything just went black and then when I woke up you were all staring at me. My name is Rina, and I don't know who the Face Hunters are, but I shouldn't be talking to you because you're a stranger, so goodbye!" And with a wave of her hand Rina was off, leaping from lamppost to lamppost until she was out of sight. When she had gone far enough, she stopped and looked at her arm, then pressed the spot where she had fractured it. Rina frowned, puzzled at the lack of pain or any signs of it ever being broken at all. She just pushed the thought to the back of her mind and focused on jumping. Meanwhile, Madoka had finally squeezed through the crowd to Gingka and Kenta.

"There you two are! Say, did you find that girl?" Gingka nodded and then grinned.

"I'll tell you all about it later! I need a triple beef burger!"