The sun shined through the windows in Gou's room.

He sat on the bed, still half asleep, not really knowing what was going on around him.

When his eyes began to focus, he looked on the calendar where he had marked at big red X on Tuesday, which was today.

Today was the day where he and Makoto were going to beyblade against each other.

He rushed out of the bed, quickly took his clothes on and grabbed his schoolbag. He looked at his bedside table where his beyblade laid.

"We'll beat that kid Makoto for sure Dranzer" he said.

He took the beyblade and ran down stairs.

He was too exited to eat breakfast and instead he ran out the door, begging the driver to drive as fast as he could. Gou meant to attend the school in due time, so he could prepare for his upcoming battle.

His father stopped him.

"You're up early today, what's the occasion?" Kai asked.

"I have a beybattle with Makoto today, and I have to prepare myself before recess!" Gou answered, anxious to get to school in time.

"It's 7:00 PM. Don't you think it's a little too early to think about getting to school?"

"Not when I have a beybattle with Makoto!"

"Well, in any case, you can just go there yourself today"

"Really!? Thanks dad"

When Gou arrived at the school, almost no kids were in the schoolyard, only the big students who were supposed to meet up early. When he reached his classroom, no one was there, so there was plenty of time to practice so he could beat Makoto. He went outside to the beydish in the schoolyard.

"3, 2, 1, LET IT RIP!"

Practicing the whole morning, Gou didn't realize that kids were crowding up to see what was going on at the beydish. He launched his blade one last time; to make sure he could beat Makoto with his hands tied on to his back.

"GO DRANZER!"

When he launched it, red flames fired out of the blade and it almost destroyed the beydish.

Gou was sure no one could beat him now. The bell rang, and he ran into the classroom.

Kids were looking at him, surprised and confused over what had just happened. They didn't know why he had to practice his beyblading skills this early.

Miss Tachibana arrived and the kids took their seats.

"Well, it looks like Makoto Kinomiya is going to be late again" she said, but in the very same moment, the door was slammed up and the little boy with the red and blue cap came running into the class.

"I'm not late today!" he shouted, but to his big surprise, the teacher had already arrived.

"Hey, that's no fair" he said with an angry look in his eyes.

"I'm sorry Makoto, but you're late two days in a row now and even on your first two days in school" Miss Tachibana said strictly.

Makoto walked down to his seat, where Gou sat next to. Gou glanced at Makoto who noticed him and whispered: "I'm gonna win this battle"

"No you're not; I'm the one who's winning"

"Are you nuts? I'll win this easily"

"I can beat you with both my hands tied on my back!"

"Excuse me Gou and Makoto, is there something you want to say to the class?"

The boys looked straight into the teacher's eyes, like nothing had happened.

"No Miss!" they both said.

……………………………………………

When the bell rang, Gou and Makoto jumped of their chairs and ran as fast as they could out to the beydish. Everyone followed them, and found out that they were going to have a beybattle. The kids gathered around the beydish to see the battle. Gou and Makoto looked each other deep in the eyes. Then, Makoto noticed something he hadn't noticed before.

"I wonder why Gou's eyes are so red; I've never seen anyone with red eyes before…"

"3, 2, 1, LET IT RIP!" and the beyblades were off.

Gou knew that if he concentrated enough and kept his focus on the battle, he would win it all. But on the other side, he had never seen Makoto in action before so he could be as good as himself. He had to watch out. But Makoto had never seen Gou battle either, but Gou knew that with all the practice in the morning, he had an advantage over Makoto, whom he thought hadn't prepared himself for the battle the day before.

"Hit him hard Dranzer!"

"C'mon Dragoon, let's show that pip-squeak what we can do"

"PIP-SQUEAK! I'll show you who the pip-squeak here is!"

"Oh yeah, I'm so scared…"

"Grrr…"

The blades were slamming into each other with incredible power that no one of the kids had seen before. Metal pieces were flying to the sides. The beydish wasn't build to stand these powerful attacks. The boys didn't know what situations their bit-beasts had to go through, so they didn't know how much power that was hidden inside them. They didn't even know that their bit-beast was sacred. And that Dragoon and Dranzer was two of the most powerful bit-beasts in the whole world. Their fathers hadn't told them the secret yet, about the bit-beasts.

"You're going down Makoto, I'll win this game, I can't afford to loose. Not today, and not tomorrow. Never! I'm gonna be unstoppable! I'm gonna be just like my father, fast and strong!"

"He's one tough costumer, I'll give him that, but I can beat him, I have to. I don't wanna be the guy that everyone thinks is weak because he's late, I'll show you Gou, and I'll show all of you!"

The boys were exhausted because of the strong power of the bit-beasts. They had never battled a so intense battle in their lives, and they were only 6 years old. Neither one of them would give up, but they were already so exhausted, that they almost couldn't stand on their legs. They had to finish this off quick.

"I…wont…loose…NOT THIS TIME!"

Gou raised himself from the ground and was about to make the last attack on Makoto's blade. Makoto was on his knees, not knowing why Gou was so strong. It was almost like he was a robot who kept going on no matter what happened. In the morning, he had heard rumours that a kid was training in the schoolyard with his beyblade. Could that have been Gou?

Makoto looked up at Gou's face. His eyes were burning red, like they were on fire. He had a strong look in the eyes; he didn't even look like Gou.

"Finish him off Dranzer!" and Gou attacked with all the power he had left.

Makoto's blade was slammed out of the beydish.

"I…won?" Gou whispered to himself, first realizing after a few seconds that he had beaten Makoto.

"I WON!"

All the kids were cheering for him and small girls were storming him just to get a glimpse of him.

But he couldn't help at notice Makoto, who were holding his blade in his hands tightly. Gou walked over to him and sat down.

"Hey, don't be angry at me. Maybe I cheated a little bit by practicing here in the morning, but I really wanted to show the others what I could do, and, maybe you didn't practice that much, but I can tell you, that was the best battle I've ever played in my life"

"But, I also wanted to show them that I'm not the weak kid, who is late two days in a row. I wanted to show them that I was strong enough to beat a kid like you, but, I guess I didn't. You deserve the win Gou, congratulations"

Makoto walked into the class and sat at his table.

"There's something strange about that kid. His eyes. They were almost burning like hell. I wonder why no one has noticed it yet. He was so powerful, and when he was about to attack me the last time, I felt a really strong power coming out of him. It couldn't have been the training this morning that made him so strong, I mean, that much power can't be build up in 30 minutes. There's definitely something about him that makes me feel…scared for some reason…"

The bell rang, and the pupils came and sat down on their seats. Gou was the last to walk in, and he looked very tired. He sat down on his seat next to Makoto and looked at him. He was exhausted after the battle, and the rest of the day he was half asleep. He had almost used all his energy in the battle. Makoto knew that he was no ordinary kid. He had never seen a kid that powerful, not even in TV.

When the school was over, everyone left, except Gou, who just sat on his seat, staring out in the thin air. Only he and Makoto were left in the class. Makoto looked at him and wondered why he just sat there. He walked over to him. Then Gou looked with straight eyes at him, and Makoto starred directly into his eyes.

"Hey Makoto…why am I so tired? It's like I can't even stand up, can't even open my mouth…I feel so weird…What's wrong with me? I've never felt like this before, and it's not because of this battle, 'cause I've played many times before where I was extremely exhausted afterwards…I just feel like…like…I could sleep forever"

"Gou I want to ask you something!"

"What?"

"Why are you're eyes red?"

"I don't know…my father never told me, but I guess it's a part of the family, even though I haven't seen anyone else with red eyes before. Actually, every time I look in the mirror, it's like I'm hypnotising myself if I look directly into my eyes, so I try not to look in mirrors too often. Also, sometimes when I'm practicing with my beyblade, and I'm about to make an attack, I feel so weak and I can't complete the attack. I don't know what's wrong with me…and my father won't tell me anything. I guess it's just my imagination…"

"But, if it's just your imagination, then why did it look like your eyes were burning when we battled? Maybe you should go to a doctor or something…or ask your father and tell him that you're not leaving until he tells you the truth!"

"I guess that part with my father could work out"

The two boys walked out of the classroom and out in the schoolyard, where their fathers stood waiting for them at the gate. Gou looked at the beydish and walked over to it. It was half destroyed with fire marks all over it.

"Did I do this? I've never been able to make a single scratch on my own beydish when I practiced. When I battled, I felt like the most powerful person in the world. I couldn't control myself. But for some reason, it just stopped and I've never been so exhausted in my entire life. Is something wrong with me…?"

"Gou, come on, I haven't got all day…"

"I'm coming"

Takao stood and talked with Kai about something Gou couldn't hear. When he reached them, he saw that Takao had a poster in his hand.

"Gou, Makoto, we have a big surprise for you"

"WHAT!? What is it?" the boys yelled.

Takao folded the poster out and big letters said: Beyblade World Championships.

"We thought that this might be something just for you two since you've become so good friends"

"Wow! You mean it!"

"Yeah, if you want to go..."

"Want to go!? I'm gonna win it all"

"Okay Makoto, don't be to upset about it. I heard that someone might be better than you..."

"No one's better than me!"

"I am" Gou said with a small grin on his face.

"I have to hear that story; did you two have a battle today?" Takao said curiously.

"I beat Makoto today!" Gou said proudly, while Makoto was about to explode of embarrassment.

"Well good for you Gou"

"He cheated!" Makoto shouted.

"I did not! You're just afraid to admit it. You're just too weak. I won it all, fair and square, don't be such a whiney..."

"I'm NOT a whiney, pip-squeak!"

"Don't say pip-squeak, MORON!"

"Shut up!"

"Hey you guys, stop that right now. Gou won and Makoto lost, okay?"

"I DIDN'T LOOSE!"

"Yes you did!"

"You cheated with your burning eyes and practicing in the morning, not giving me a chance!"

"Well, I'm not the one who has been late for the last two days now! Beat that!"

"Were you late again Makoto!?"

"Thank you Gou, that's just what I needed. A dad who's gonna scold you for the second day in a row"

"He resembles you more than I thought Takao. Not just with the personality and look, but also that part with being late for school. He's like a clone of you"

"I was not late for my first day of school when I was his age!"

"Dad, it was your fault that I was late yesterday. I couldn't find my bag because you were lying on it, on the sofa..."

"That wasn't my fault! You should find a better place for your things than putting them on the couch where people are sitting!"

"You're just too lazy! Do you know how many times you've been lying on the couch, sleeping and eating all the time?"

"I actually have a job so I don't sleep all the time!"

"Takao, you're a grown-up man...don't you think it's a little odd that you're fighting with your own son? And, yes, you do sleep all the time..." Kai said to stop the fight.

"Yeah alright, it's getting late too, let's go home Makoto"

"See ya tomorrow Mako"

"You too Gogo"

"What did you call me!?"

"Nothing...GOGO!"

"I'm so gonna beat you at the championships now!"

"Yeah right"

"I've beaten you before and I can do it again"

"You guys...not again!"

"You can't do anything to make them stop Takao. They're just like us when we were kids. I have a feeling that this championship will be pretty exiting with those two around"

"Guess you're right."

"Well, see ya sometime around Takao"

"Bye Kai..."