Kurooba: Okay, a new chapter

Ginga: I can see that

Kurooba: …Okay, nothing to talk here. Disclaimer: Metal Fight Beyblade characters are owned by Takafumi Adachi

Ginga: Warning includes wrong grammar, typos, character death, mentions of blood, and many more

Kurooba: That being said, please enjoy!

-T-

Ryuuga sat on the couch, when he takes a good time to scan the interior of the house, he did think that this place was already abandoned even if the owner is standing right before him. Now that reminds him, Rago sat on a wooden chair pretty far from where he is. There's a moment of silence before Rago breaks the ice. "Why does the organization want to take me back? I'm sure you know that I'm banished from there?" He asked, his eyes sharp on the general, daring him to do anything funny.

Ryuuga stared at the man before him before answering. "I know you did, but not details. As to why they want you back is because of some kind of planning." He explained, shortly. The sharp eyes examined the general's for lies and he didn't find it. "What kind of planning?" Rago asked and Ryuuga shrugged his shoulders. The former general then felt his eye twitched. "And how the hell am I supposed to trust you?"

"By coming with me to the HQ, easy."

"Don't be ridiculous!" Rago stood up as he yelled at the white-haired general. Ryuuga rolled his eyes, he knew that this will happen. That 'Wizard' didn't really give him any details about what is he planning and just shooed him away to get the beast-dressed-as-a-man back to the organization. "If you're not going to stop playing with me, then I'm going to kill you right here, right now!" Rago yelled furiously. He's just having a good day, that is until Ryuuga comes along. "Stop shouting, your neighbors will kill you first if you continue," Ryuuga said, half giving advice-half joking.

Rago clenched his teeth, without any warnings, he swung his fist to the general. Ryuuga was surprised at first and because of how fast the punch flew, he barely dodged it. The general then smirked, "Heh, not bad for a former general. But I think you could do something better than that." He said. Rago clicked his tongue at the cocky general. "Shut up, if you want me to beat you so badly, then be a good boy and stand where you are." The long-haired man growled, his eyes flashing with anger.

Ryuuga shrugged and then leaning his back against the wall. "I don't know why you hate me or the organization so much, but you can really trust me. I have no intention to fight or something like that." He explained, hopefully, able to convince the mass-murderer to listen. Rago's frown deepened. "If you really mean that, then tell me, what's that blasted 'Wizard' wanted me for?"

"I thought I told you 'for some kind of plan'?"

"And what kind of plan is that?"

Ryuuga held back the urge to sigh. "I told you this again, I. Don't. Know." He said. Then he dodged a sudden flying punch that was intended to be for him. Ryuuga clicked his tongue and giving Rago his own punch, but the murderer can easily dodge it. "And I thought you said that you didn't have any intentions to fight?" The murderer smirked at the general's way. The said general could only grit his teeth, finally arriving at his limit. "Who the hell won't get threatened when someone literally punched them out of nowhere?" He growled his answer.

"Heh, this is great, show me your strength you blasted main four personnel! It's been so long since the last time I have a great opponent!" The murderer's smirk goes wider at each sentence, that it almost seems to hurt his own cheeks. But Ryuuga didn't care, only one thing that he's sure of. This guy is out of his mind.

-T-

'…'

'Where… Am I?...'

Ginga realized that he's standing on a ground with nothing else around him, although, he could see a white line that stretched to where he doesn't know. He turned back and tried to get an idea as to where he is, but it's all the same white mist that surrounds him. Then he shouted to get someone's attention. "Hey! Anyone there?! Can you hear me?!" He yelled, again and again until he felt that it was pointless. He sighed and decided to walk, he almost stepped the white line when he suddenly heard someone else's voice.

"Don't go over there, you idiot!"

Ginga stopped just before his foot can touch the white line. He recognizes this voice, it can't be! Then he saw a silhouette walking out of the mist in front of him. There, the redhead notices his dead friend that was standing before him. He called out his name. "KYOYA!" He was about to sprint when the green-haired general stopped him again. "I said, don't go over there, you idiot!"

The redhead was a bit surprised when his friend shouted at him, but he decided to oblige. "Okay then, but Kyoya! You're alive! I'm so glad… So that's just a nightmare huh?" Ginga said with a huff, his tone full of relief. He smiled at Kyoya and hold out his hand. "Come on Kyoya, I'm so full of this. Let's get back!" He said in his usual cheery tone. But when he got no replies, Ginga cocked his head to the side. "Kyoya?"

The said general just sigh and shook his head. "No, I can't Ginga." The blue eyes looked down in sorrow, he too, really wants to get back and yet he can't. He wants to know why did they just locate an old scroll in one of the wonders of the world now, that really seems suspicious. Ginga raised one eyebrow at the other general's comment. "Can't? Why not?" Kyoya scratched the back of his head, can't believe that his friend is really this dense. "Don't you see it too, Ginga?..." He asked, but it only makes the redhead more confused. He really can't be helped.

"Ginga, I'm already dead."

Ginga blinked his eyes, then he asked a question. "Huh? What do you mean? You're standing here, alive and well." Ginga didn't understand, no, more likely Ginga didn't want to understand. "You know that too, don't be an idiot. You saw my corpse didn't you?" A sudden flash of the green-haired general's corpse flashed in the redhead's mind, he shook his head. Denying that reality. "No, there's no way that's you. I mean, you're over there, standing and alive and all." He said. Kyoya slapped his forehead in frustration. "Look, I don't know how to be blunter to wake you from this place." The green-haired general huffed.

"Ginga, this place is no other than your subconscious. The 'me' that you see now is no other than your imaginary. If you step over that line, the line where your subconscious and conscious is still intact, you will surely be dead and it's not your time to be like that just yet." Hearing the other general's explanation, Ginga clenched his fists tightly and he bit his lower lip. "…So you're basically saying that this is my dream?"

"Yes,"

Ginga wanted to shout but he held back the urge to do so. He knew that already, he's just denying it. Which one will he choose though? The beautifully crafted lie or the heartbreaking reality? Surely, Kyoya wanted him to be a man and choose what reality really is. He saw many of people died in front of him, but why does the world around him seem to be missing when Kyoya died? They have been friends since the first time they met in the organization, when back then Ryuuga was their mentor. There is this other feeling too that he got that's not from himself as if someone was inhabiting his body…

"At least, let me tell you something, Kyoya…"

"What?"

The redhead's eyes become watery, tears threatening to spill. "I'm sorry…" He whispered.

-T-

"Here we are,"

Both Chris and Sophie have just arrived at the laboratory. Sophie sighed in relief when she knows that everything will end soon, her hands starting to feel numb from holding all of the papers in her hand. Chris chuckled at the sight, this is nothing new from him, being a general and doctor and all. When they got inside, all of the scientists greets the two almost immediately. The two continued to walk while smiling at the scientists they passed upon.

The two finally reached Madoka's place. When they got there, they saw nothing but a giant pile of books surrounding an entire desk. "Uhh, Ophiucus? Are you there?" Just after Sophie asked the question, something sticking out the pile of books, it was no other than the head of the US head scientist, Madoka with the codename, Ophiucus. Her hair is a mess and she has the panda eyes, it's not really that bad but she still had it. They noticed that her goggles weren't on her head anymore, where has it gone to they didn't know. "Oh, Andromeda and… Orion? I'm sorry for involving a general on this request of mine, also, thank you so much. I really didn't have the energy to walk. So again, thank you." Madoka said as her eyes starting to close again but she regained her conscious, if only for a moment. "You can place all of them anywhere here, uhh, maybe over there?" She said again as she pointed her finger at a coffee table. The two obliged and put the stack of papers on it.

"Oh yeah, Ophiucus, there's one thing that I want to ask." Chris suddenly said. His eyes telling him that he didn't like to ask something that was so obvious. Madoka nodded, telling the general to continue. "Have you eaten anything today?"

Both Sophie and Madoka blinked at the question. Sophie might not be aware, but Madoka immediately sweats nervously. After all, she's talking to a doctor. And as a scientist, shouldn't it be obvious what does the doctor trying to tell? "…I …Don't?..." She said with a sheepish weak grin. Sophie stared at the scientist in surprise, it's almost evening and she hasn't eaten anything yet? Chris who knew about this, facepalmed. He then death-glared the scientist. "Listen, I don't want to see in the infirmary a sick scientist because of her own stupidity. You get what I'm saying?" He said, daring the scientist to do so. Madoka quickly nodded and Chris gave her a small sigh. He might be stern for someone else's health condition, but that doesn't mean he's totally heartless. "Listen, I'll tell Yuki that you'll have a day off, with what the weather was going on these days surely it's going to be hard maintaining your health."

The two girls stared at the sudden change in both tone and expression of the general dumbfoundedly. "Hey, I'm not that heartless." He complained, knowing what the stares meaning. The two then flailed their hands immediately, telling him something like "It's not what you think!" Or "You get it all wrong!" Like that. After that, Madoka got back to sleep while the pair of sorcerer and general walked out the laboratory. When they're outside, the two parted ways. "Well, thank you for your help today, Chris!" Sophie smiled at the general's way who immediately blushed and turned his face away. "I told you, it's my sorry." He said. Sophie just chuckles at the sight, it's very rare to see a general blushed like that. When her chuckle died down, Sophie stared at floor below as if it's the most interesting thing in the world. "Say, Chris,"

"Hmm?"

"You've changed, haven't you?"

Chris stared at his friend, pretty surprised at the bold statement. "Like what?" He returned the question. "Well, the way you treat others. You used to be so cold to be cold and distant to anyone else. Remember how that scientist—Ziggurat, favoring you so that you could be a lab rat or something?" She said, remembering the event that leads to some destruction of the US headquarter building. Chris remembered those days vividly because the one who stops him from going even more destructive is no other than Julius and his gang. That's when they first met.

The two laughed at those days. The general sometimes reminiscing about the old days, comparing it to now where there is nothing but paperwork on his desk. When their laughter died down, Sophie got some other errands to do so she excused herself, leaving the general alone. Then, the general's expression turned serious. He fished out his robes pocket and takes out a piece of paper. The very same paper that he saw on the stack of papers when both he and Sophie wanted to deliver to Madoka. 'When I'm starting to act weird, huh?' He thought. He has to apologize to Madoka for this, but for now, this is something that holds his answer.

Just before he set his foot to march on Anubis' office, he felt a sudden sharp pain. He hit the wall beside him to help him to keep on standing. "What the… Heck?..." He said, struggling against the very sharp pain that suddenly appeared. Surely, he remembered that he had no record of some disease. Wait, is it the one those two were talking about? He squeezed his chest in pain. He stared down at the marble floor as his vision blurred. Then he realized something rolled down his cheek and it keeps on coming. Why was he crying?

He doesn't know why, but it feels very painful and he just wanted to shout. He tried to wipe the tears away, but after knowing that it'll just keep on coming he just let it be. He struggles to walk back to his office as he holds the wall beside him as his support. This is going to be a very long walk. Along the way, he tried to ease the pain with his healing spells and runes but nothing could do it. A thought then flashed through his mind.

Kyoya?

-T-

Ryuuga and Rago were in the middle of a fight, they've busted the old building (Rago's house) with their immense power and now they were jumping from roof to roof. They have landed blows and blows at each other. But they're not a general then if only those little scratches will make them unable to stand. Ryuuga was actively avoiding the other man's attack because he did say that he didn't intend to fight. "Negative Gate!" Rago shouted. A sphere made of void suddenly appeared behind Ryuuga, the said general just barely dodged before the sphere exploded.

"Nemesis! Stop this instant or I'm forced to use my power against you!" Ryuuga shouted his warning at the former general. Rago only grinned maniacally at the white-haired general as he prepared his next attack. "If you want me to stop, then stay still and let me chop your head!" Again, the former general threw his punch, this time it successfully hit Ryuuga in the stomach. The said general coughed some blood, then his body flew and crashed on a roof pretty far from where they were standing before.

Ryuuga slowly rises from his state. He got rid of the debris of the roof in his way. He clicked his tongue, is that man intended to destroy the whole town? They've done this much and the organization is needing to pay the fee. He imagined the cringed face the 'Wizard' will use when he saw the bill, he'll scold the general for sure, which means Ryuuga needed to clean up the mess with his special ability along with Ginga with what his special ability is too. Ryuuga is a hundred percent sure that he didn't like the sound of that, ain't no way he's exhausting his mana on doing something so stupid like that.

"First Aid," He chanted. His wounds then started to stitch itself and disappear as if nothing happened to him at all. His healing might not be as perfect as Chris, so he needed a checkup if he's going back to the HQ, making sure that he's alright and all. But that can wait, for now, he'll have to focus with the wild murderer on the loose. He concentrated all of the mana in his body to unleash a huge blow to Rago while protecting what's around him.

"Heaven and Hell. Sacred Angels grant me your Creation and Luck, Fiery Demons grant me your Destruction and Misfortune. Let this wolf in sheep's clothing to be judged."

Just when he finished chanting, Rago was finally caught up to the white-haired general, but he's too late. He realized the black and white magic circles that surround the white-haired general. Crap!

"Yin-Yan Torment!"

Just like what the name of the rune said, the symbol of Yin and Yan appeared behind the general. From Yin's side, Angels feathers came out and the edges of the feathers are pointed to Rago, then it hit him repeatedly. And on Yan's side, black thunders lashed out and hit Rago the same time the feathers hit him, causing an intense pain and serious injury to the former general. "No! NOOOOO!"

Then a huge explosion was made. After the smoke from the explosion cleared up, Ryuuga could see that Rago was already unconscious. He sighed in relief, now he just has to fix everything back to normal before going back to the HQ. Just when he's about to do that, he suddenly felt a sharp pain. He stumbled but managed to regain his balance. This pain, he knows it. This is the pain when one of them died.

Ryuuga gritted his teeth in frustration. It's one after another, why does this happen to him? Seems like he's going to explain some things to the other three, no, two. He felt it, who's actually died.

Kyoya.

After that, the pain gradually fades and he felt relief. Now, back to the task at hand, he could worry about the other one later. He just has to concentrate again and fix everything. He closed his eyes and murmured some things that no one can understand but himself. When he finished, he opened his eyes and found that everything that both of them destroyed regained its shape. Now, his second task is to bring Rago back to the HQ, but since it's night already, he'll do that tomorrow when he didn't feel very exhausted. Yeah, that sounds like a good plan.

-T-

Ginga didn't know how long had he been out in that room, the only thing he knew is that he's alone there. He struggled to get up, he's a total wreck now. The redhead didn't dare to turn or he'll risk on seeing his friend's lifeless body again. Speaking of Kyoya, how is he going to get the body back to the organization? Now that smells like another trouble. He frowned, thinking of a way to do so. He then sighed when he realized he's out of option, he needs to expand some of his leftover energy for a teleportation. That rune is one of the hardest to make, that's why every soldier that's in a faraway mission tended to use the normal transportation such as trains.

But before he does that, there is some retrieving to do. Ginga walked to the center of the room and dig the ground a little. After some unsealing and a little explosion, he saw it. The indigo colored box with a gold pattern. He opened the box and saw an old scroll, the thing that both of them has been searching since yesterday. He closed the box again and turned his back. He frowned when he thought about the next thing he's about to do. He then placed the box in his jacket's pocket

The redhead bit his index finger until blood came out. With the still fresh blood, the general drew a magic circle with symbols and ancient language in it. After he finished, he chanted a healing spell and the wound is gone. He wiped his hand from the blood and then stared at the still lifeless body before him. Ginga closed Kyoya's eyes while muttering, "Rest in peace,"

Ginga lifted Kyoya's body and slung one of the greenhead's arm across his shoulder. He dragged the body to the rune. When he's in the middle of the circle, he muttered. "To—"

To Be Continued…

Kurooba: Well, what do ya know? This arc is almost finished.

Ginga: Wait, this is an arc?

Kurooba: Yes, I don't know what to call this arc, but it's an arc. Give it a shot Ginga, I don't have a great sense of naming.

Ginga: What? Me? Uhh… how about the Stonehenge arc?

Kurooba: Yeah, alright, let's go with that. Now, onto replying the review section!

Cosmicnova777: Hello! And yes, Rago is Jack the Ripper. Let me be honest here, at first, I was thinking about turning Rago into the 'Wizard' but kind of scratched that idea. So yeah, have a Jack the Ripper Rago. And the real enemy? They'll come out soon (which I've no idea too when is that). Hope you enjoy this chapter too and so on!

Ginga: Okay done. Oh, and your answer to my question from the previous chapter is here.

Kurooba: Yeah, if I kill you too then this story will end just like that.

Ginga: Why was that?

Kurooba: BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERS, enough for now. I see you guys, in the next chapter!

Ginga: *cringe* Yeesh, don't forget to review alright? Very appreciated here.