Sorry it took me so long to update! This story is going to update a bit slower and unfortunately may go on hiatus, because I have like, literally no ideas for it. It is my first romance, so bear with me, I write them much better now J anyway, hope you enjoy! This chapter has been sitting in my files since before I posted the first chapter, I just havent gotten around to posting it.
-back in Koma Village-
Madoka was fixing dinner with Gingka and talking about plans for the future.
"what if you came back to Metal Bey City?" Madoka asked. "im sure now that Anashi is older that we could still pull it off, and even if we can't we need to tell everyone eventually"
Gingka nodded. "I agree, but I really don't like those news reporters" he said. "they bug me too much and they are really hard to ignore, plus they don't listen when I tell them to go away."
"well, maybe we can have Tsubasa work something out with them" Madoka replied. "like, maybe they have to ask him first and then he will ask you and you can give them a couple of interviews a month or so, and then they aren't allowed to try to get one otherwise."
"there's an idea" Gingka said, dicing more tomatoes. "can you talk about it with him for me?"
"sure!" Madoka replied. "I didn't bring my cell phone, otherwise I would do it right now. By the way, what is your new number?"
"923-3854" Gingka replied. "here, ill enter yours into my phone" he pulled his cell out of his back pocket and entered Madoka's number as she gave it to him. "there, now we can keep in touch. I can probably pack up everything here in about a week, if you can convince Tsubasa by that time and call me, we can move back to Metal Bey City!"
"sounds good to me!" Madoka said. "how about we start packing up and looking at houses"
"alright, lets do that!" Gingka exclaimed, hugging her and spinning her around.
-a week later-
Gingka and Anashi waved bye to Madoka as she walked off, headed back to Metal bey city , they would be following close behind.
-a couple of hours later-
"hey Hikaru! Im back!" Madoka called as she stepped into the B-Pit.
Hikaru turned from the counter, surprised. "already? I thought you were going to need more time for you-know-what"
Madoka laughed. "we are going to continue that here, you-know-who is moving back once I can convince Tsubasa to control the news reporters"
Zero and Mal stood there, confused as Madoka and Hikaru chatted away. A couple of hours and a whole conversation later, Kyoya walked in to pick up Hikaru and Takeshi, who had come down the stairs and was clinging to Hikaru's leg. Zero and Mal straightened, avoiding the Legend Blader's eyes.
"so, how did it go? How are Gingka and Anashi doing?" Kyoya asked casually, picking up Takeshi.
"WHO?" Zero and Mal exclaimed. Madoka blushed.
"uh, yeah, ill tell you later, would you go get Tsubasa, Benkei, Shinobu, and the rest of your friends please? there is something I need to tell you all" Madoka said.
-1 hour later-
Once everyone was seated on the couch in Tsubasa's office, including Hikaru and Kyoya, Madoka explained why she had gone to see Gingka.
"yeah, so, I thought that since I hadn't seen him in a long time and I knew where he was-" she began, everyone jumped except for Hikaru and Kyoya. "I decided it would be a good idea to go surprise him, so I packed up and left without telling anyone except for Hikaru and Kyoya. On the way, I fell off of a cliff and he caught me before I fainted. Then he got my suitcase down and escorted me the rest of the way to Koma Village. So, we hung out and chatted for a week, kept Anashi out of trouble and-"
Zero cut her off. "who's Anashi?"
Madoka blushed. "did I forget to mention that my last name changed three years ago? Anashi is Gingka's daughter. I am now Madoka Hagani" she finished quickly.
"YOURE WHAT?" everyone yelled.
"are you serious? I guess it's pretty late, but congratulations Madoka!" Tsubasa exclaimed.
Madoka blushed. "thanks Tsubasa" she replied.
A couple of hours and ice cream cones later, everyone went home. Madoka unlocked the door to her new home and stepped inside, not surprised to smell paint. Gingka was in the kitchen, already starting dinner. "let me guess, Anashi is painting her own room?" Madoka said, stepping in and kissing Gingka on his cheek.
"pretty much" he replied, continuing to pour the noodles into the pot of boiling water on the stove. "I locked the door to her room so she cant paint the rest of the house hot pink though."
"fair enough" Madoka replied, starting the sauce.
After dinner, Gingka stared out of the living room window and made faces at Kyoya, who was making faces back from his dining room window next door. Gingka ended it by sticking his tongue out, then shut the curtains and went to bed.
-the next day-
Zero and Shinobu walked into Tsubasa's office, arguing.
"SHHHH!" Tsubasa whispered. "keep it down!"
The two young bladers stopped, suddenly hearing snoring. Tsubasa rolled his eyes and walked over to the couch, muttering. "you weren't supposed to fall asleep! You said you would get it done…" he pushed on the back of the couch, tipping it forwards and causing the blader sleeping on it to fall off.
"-snore- whoa! Hey!" Gingka yelled, getting up and glaring at Tsubasa.
Zero and Shinobu stepped back in shock. Glancing at each other, they thought "Gingka, here?"
Gingka casually sat back down on the couch and picked up his phone from the floor to call another branch of the WBBA, the third this morning. Tsubasa chuckled at the surprised looks on Zero and Shinobu's faces as he sat back down in his chair. "now, I believe I said I had an assignment for you two" he began, proceeding to give them their assignment. "is that clear?" they nodded and quickly left the room, glancing over at the red-haired Legend Blader seated on the couch as they did so. Once outside, they started talking again.
"he's here?" Shinobu exclaimed.
"I know right? I wasn't expecting him!" Zero replied. The two bladers split up and went to complete their assignments for the day, agreeing to meet up at bull burger once they were done.
-back at the WBBA-
"who was that?" Gingka asked, finishing his phone call and walking up behind Tsubasa.
"those are two of the young bladers helping to restore Beyblade to what it once was" Tsubasa replied, watching the two part ways.
"interesting" Gingka replied. "think I'll follow them around a bit" with that, he exited Tsubasa's office and followed Zero secretly.
-a couple of hours later-
Zero arrived at the Bey Park, ready to demonstrate to yet another group of bladers the fun they could have in the Zero-G Stadium. Gingka hid up in the shadows at the top of the stadium.
"Ifraid!" Zero called, sending his bey into action.
"I thought that kid looked familiar!" Gingka thought. "he's that guy I gave that bey to! Lets see if he has come close to what I said." he watched Zero battle for a while, gauging his skills as a blader, then left to find Shinobu. About an hour later, he arrived in the next city, and found Shinobu battling.
"Saramanda!" he called, sending his bey flying at his opponent: Ren's Phoenic.
Gingka watched their battle, and a few more, memorizing the Zero-G stadium's movements, then stepped out where everyone could see him. "how about you take me on as your next opponent?"
Everyone gasped. Shinobu took a step back. "wha-me?" he stuttered.
Gingka nodded and held up his bey. "or, you can all take me on at once. Your choice" he replied.
Shinobu turned to the crowd, who nodded all at once, agreeing to help Shinobu. Gingka took his place on the other side of the Zero-G stadium and raised the platform. All the bladers readied their launchers, and Gingka started them off.
"3!"
"2!"
"1!"
"Let it Rip!" almost immediately, Gingka's Pegasus was nearly coated by attacking beys. Shinobu and Ren hung back and watched as Gingka sent about half of them flying with one hit. The rest of the beys fled, and Gingka let them go, heading for the center of the stadium. Shinobu and Ren dodged quickly as Pegasus came barreling towards Saramanda and Phoenic. They headed for he outside of the stadium, expecting Gingka to chase them, but he didn't. Pegasus spun steadily in the center of the stadium, while Gingka stood there with his eyes closed, concentrating. The rest of the bladers sent their beys flying at Gingka's Pegasus, in an attempt to knock it out of the stadium. Somehow, they all missed completely, and Gingka didn't open his eyes once.
"what is he doing?" Ren, standing on the platform next to Shinobu, whispered.
"I don't know" Shinobu whispered back, watching the Legend Blader standing quietly across from him and Ren.
"concentrate Gingka, you know what to do. There isn't much chance that those other bladers can do damage to Pegasus's spin power. Wait until those two attack you, then make your move." Gingka was still completely silent, waiting for Shinobu and Ren before making his move. Most of the other bladers were out now, knocked away by Pegasus's initial attack. The rest of them were making weak attempts to hit Pegasus with an attack. All of them were missing. "don't they get it? Gingka thought. "don't they notice? There is no way they are going to hit Pegasus with a simple attack, come on guys! Get smart and figure it out!"
Suddenly Shinobu gasped. Gingka smiled. "so, at least one of them has figured it out."
"guys! He's floating in the air! You're just wasting your stamina trying to attack him!" Shinobu shouted to the other bladers, who looked up at him, confused. Then looked at Pegasus, trying once again to attack it.
Gingka was still standing there, waiting, seemingly not paying attention. Shinobu turned to Ren. "Ren! I'm going to go over there and stand next to him, you send Phoenic to attack Saramanda, and at the last second, ill tilt it, so that Phoenic can use it as a ramp and get into the air to hit his Pegasus" he whispered, then glanced over at Gingka, who was letting off his Legend aura. "hurry Ren! Ready?" she nodded, then sent Phoenic to the outside of the stadium to circle. Saramanda quickly positioned itself near Pegasus. "now, Ren!" Shinobu called. As Phoenic leapt off Saramanda and flew for Pegasus, Gingka's eyes flew open.
"Pegasus!" he called, but it was too late. Phoenic had hit Pegasus with all the power of that attack, sending it flying for the edge of the stadium. In one quick reaction, Gingka used the momentum and the top edge of the Zero-G stadium to send Pegasus flying into the air.
"we-we did it? Did we actually just beat Gingka?" Shinobu stuttered, looking up into the sky and waiting for Pegasus to fall at Gingka's feet.
Gingka smiled. "seems like everyone does the same thing" he said.
"what? Does what same thing?" Shinobu and Ren asked nervously.
"throws Pegasus into the air and then thinks they've won. Pegasus! Special move, Stardust Driver!" Gingka called. Seconds later, Pegasus came smashing down on Saramanda, the force of the attack knocking everyone else's beys out of the stadium, including Phoenic. Shinobu stood in shock as Saramanda landed at his feet, which had never happened before in the Zero-G stadium, on account of the design. Pegasus flew back to Gingka's hand. "you all did good" he said. "we will have to battle again sometime." with that, he jumped off the platform and left the stadium.
-a couple of hours later-
Shinobu had just finished telling Zero about his battle with Gingka when they heard an explosion. A beam of flaming blue light was shooting up from the other side of the city, near the forest. Zero and Shinobu looked at each other, then ran off in that direction. They soon met up with Madoka, who was driving over there. Getting in her car, they all drove off in the direction of the light, which had now morphed into a glowing green tornado. Arriving at the old bey Coliseum, they ran in and found exactly what Madoka had expected: a Gingka vs. Kyoya battle. Kyoya appeared to be winning, as his Reverse Wind Strike was in progress, and Gingka looked a bit frustrated and surprised at Kyoya's strength. Both were yelling as Leone dove down to hit Pegasus, but, when the dust cleared, Gingka was not done yet. Pegasus was still spinning in the middle of the stadium, but just barely. Leone was almost out of stamina too, as the two went for a final showdown. Barely spinning, Pegasus and Leone charged at one another with all the power they had left. When they were done, it ended in yet another tie, with both Gingka and Kyoya sitting on the ground, exhausted. The two quickly jumped back to their feet again, and grabbed their motionless beys out of the stadium, promising that next time, it wouldn't be a tie. Then they all left, Madoka and Gingka got into Madoka's car, and Madoka offered to take Zero and Shinobu back to Bull Burger. They declined, and Madoka drove off. Zero and Shinobu walked back into the coliseum to battle each other, having already determined with Benkei that they would meet him there for another training session, along with Ren and the Unabara brothers as usual.
