Chapter 2

"The… Last winner?" Yamato asked almost not believing in Tsubame's words.

She grabbed her cape, scarf and sword, then looked at Yamato and asked him if he wasn't going to the Winners tournament, so he should get going, it was still a long way to go.

Mie looked at Yamato and said that she was right, then she came next to her son and whispered at his hear to be careful with her, because it seemed that something in her wasn't quite right, she seemed a little strange. Yamato told his mom not to worry, then he grabbed his B-Daman and went right behind Tsubame.

Mie went to the door watching them going away. She was worried about the fact that her son seemed to have feelings for that girl, feelings like those could make even the best of B-DaPlayers distracted, which was not in her plans of raising a B-DaChampion.

"How was he?" Yamato asked.

"How was who?" Tsubame asked.

"The last winner of the Winners tournament!" Yamato answered.

Tsubame looked at Yamato and didn't answer him, she seemed not to want talk about him, instead of that, she grabbed Yamato's B-Daman and asked the name of the machine to his owner. Yamato told her that it didn't had a name yet, because he only had received him earlier this day. Tsubame looked at the boy, how was it possible to receive a B-Daman and have such a power in the first shot with it?

"Cobalt Blade." Tsubame gave the B-Daman to Yamato.

"Cobalt Blade? What are you talking about?" Yamato grabbed his B-Daman.

"It's yours B-Daman's name. Like it?" Tsubame asked.

Yamato looked at his B-Daman, Cobalt Blade was a good name, he smiled and said that he loved the name. Tsubame didn't make a smile, she just kept walking.

After two hours walking, Tsubame suddenly stopped. Yamato looked at her worried.

"What is wrong? Are you in pain?" Yamato asked.

"Worse… I'm hungry." Tsubame asked blushing a little.

Yamato looked around then and saw a tree with some fruit, he grabbed his B-Daman and shot at it, making it fall, but even before it touch the ground, a blond boy caught it and started eating. Yamato was angry.

"HEY! That's not yours! It's for Tsubame!" Yamato screamed.

"It's just fruit. Let's go Yamato." Tsubame replied.

Yamato didn't listen to her, he grabbed his Cobalt Blade, the boy with a quick movement threw his B-Daman into the air and grabbed him pointing it at Yamato.

"Take a good look at Chrome Zephyr and run kiddo." The guy said.

Tsubame looked at him very serious, Yamato accepted the challenge. Tsubame putted her hand in Yamato's shoulder and told him:

"He's strong. But don't worry, in two minute you'll have your victory."

Yamato didn't understood how he could beat a random stranger in two minutes and also how could Tsubame know that by only looking once at his B-Daman. But it didn't matter, maybe she was right, he had to believe her a little, she had trained with one of the best B-DaPlayers there are.

While the two boys were getting ready for the fight, a lot of people started to stop to watch them.

"I'm Yamato and you?" Yamato asked before starting the match.

"My name is Gray and I'll teach you to not interrupt me while I'm eating. B-DaFire!" The guy started shooting.

Yamato looked at Chrome Zephyr's B-DaBalls and he didn't even move. Tsubame looked at him and yelled him to move his B-Daman, which Yamato only closed his eyes.

"Don't talk girl." A guy wearing a big poncho came next to Tsubame.

She looked at him a little mad. Then she looked at Yamato and Cobalt Blade, and all the B-DaBalls fail the target. She was very surprised, how that boy could just missed the target like that.

"You got guts kiddo." Gray said.

"And you're bluffing." Yamato answered.

Then Yamato threw two B-daBalls, one in direction of the target and other to the right, Gray laughed and went to the left, avoiding the two B-DaBalls. Tsubame looked at Chrome Zephyr and said to the boy wearing the poncho that there was only one minute left. The man wearing the poncho looked at her:

"You have a good eye. Yes, you are right, only one minute left."

Yamato started throwing random B-DaBalls, and for some reason, Gray always run away with his Chrome Zephyr to the left, then Yamato stopped and asked Gray why he was only fleeing to the left.

"I don't have to explain you stuff like that kiddo."

Then the guy of the poncho and Tsubame came next to them both and said at the exact same time looking at Gray:

"You're time is over. You can't take it more."

And at that exact same time his B-Daman just dismounted into pieces.

"Ch-Chrome Zephyr!" Gray said while holding the pieces of his B-Daman.

Tsubame came next to him and grabbed one piece of it.

"When you took your B-Daman out, I could see that he was really old, and couldn't even bare to be in a match for two minutes, you ignored that. You were always feeling with your B-Daman to the left because you knew that we would dismount if you went to the right. Sorry, you were wrong." Tsubame explained.

The guy of the poncho agreed with Tsubame and untied his ponco, he had more than fifty B-Daman pieces in his poncho, then really quickly he started to repair Gray's B-Daman. They looked at him very surprised by his speed, it was something really amazing, and after three minutes, the guy gave Gray his B-Daman good as new.

"You are a good B-DaPlayer, the technique you used at the beginning was to make your opponent nervous and flee with the B-Daman, you just had bad luck, because this guy didn't seem to be afraid of it." He said to Gray.

Yamato looked at them, they were really good. Gray was a good B-DaPlayer and the other guy was a great mechanic, so he decided to ask them to join his group, it would be better to travel all together to the city of the Winners tournament.

"You're right… Name's Bull."

Yamato introduce himself and Tsubame, then the three of them looked at Gray waiting for his answer. Gray closed his eyes and smiled saying that only looking at him they had deciphered all his technique and how his B-Daman was, so he accepted the invitation to go with them.

End of Chapter 2

So, I have a thing to say about chapter 1, when Yamato takes Tsubame, that is hurt, he takes her to the café. Sorry that I didn't separate that from the rest so you may get a little confused, right?

About Chapter 2, Yamato meets Gray and Bull! Neat, right? Gray is the same old self and he's 16. While Bull changes a little, Bull still has his 3 personalities, but he's most used one is the confidant one, he's 15.

What will happen in the next chapter? Wait to find out.