Chapter 8: Leone's counterattack

A/N: What's up, folks? I'm back with a new chapter of MFB: Darkness Rises. Enjoy the chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own MFB. Just Gingka's dark personality and Hikari.

In the face hunter's base, Tetsuya is attempting to be the leader of the face hunters.

"I have 10,000 points in my Beypointer," He said, gaining the face hunters' attention, "Blader DJ, he's my pal. And I taught Benkei how to Beyblade." The face hunters were beginning to be impressed (A/N: Seriously? They're actually falling for this bull****?), "Just now I saved a kitten in a river my bey." He would've gone on and on, but then he and the face the face hunters heard a growl. They turned toward the source in sees Kyoya standing at the entrance, looking cold and emotionless. (A/N: By the way, that's how Gingka normally looks in this story.)

"Kyoya!" The face hunters shouted in joy and left Tetsuya, who fell off the mountain of boxes he had been sitting on, and ran over to Kyoya to welcome their leader back. Kyoya didn't seem to care as he was looking for one particular person.

"If it's about the traitor Benkei, he's not here," Tetsuya said, giggling like a mad crab.

This gains Kyoya's attention, "Traitor?"

"He went over to Gingka's side because he couldn't handle being a face hunter," Tetsuya said with a mad smile.

"Is that so?" Kyoya asked. The looks on the face hunters' faces were proof that what Tetsuya said was true.

"Are you the boss of this little gang, Kyoya?" Tetsuya said, "So if I defeat you, I'll be the boss." This gains the face hunters' attention. He took out his bey and demands a battle with Kyoya, who doesn't seem to care, "Are you scared?" That made Kyoya narrows his eyes. Tetsuya got scared because for a moment, he thought he saw Gingka there.

Kyoya took out his bey and put it on his launcher. The face hunter quickly moved out of the way.

Tetsuya tried to look tough, keyword tried, "Yeah, that's good."

"3!" They counted off.

"2!"

"1!"

"Let it rip!" Kyoya launched his bey and Tetsuya didn't even launch his yet. This made the face hunters angry and shouts at Tetsuya to launch his bey. Just then he launched his bey and sends Leone flying.

"That's not fair!" A face hunter shouted.

"A prolonged launch has an advantage!" Another shouted.

"Fine, as long as I win," Tetsuya grinned, "Then I'll be the boss." Kyoya looked indifferent, surprising Tetsuya.

"Leone!" Kyoya shouted and Leone landed safely on the ground and started to race forward.

"You're not too bad," Tetsuya said, trying to act tough. "In that case. Mad Gasher! Ultimate Track Change." Gasher changed its spin track and started to race towards Leone.

Kyoya did not look intimidated, "Small fry."

Leone created a strong windstorm that blew away everything and everyone. When the storm cleared, everybody was on the ground, except Kyoya. Gasher landed on the ground next to Tetsuya, rotation stopped.

Kyoya retrieved his bey and started to walk away.

"Wait! It's not over!" Tetsuya shouted, "It's a best out of 3 match."

"Do what you want," Kyoya said, "The face hunters are disbanded."

The face hunters were shocked to hear that, but this made Tetsuya happy.

"Yay!" He shouted happily, "This is a start of a new gang with me being the leader! Welcome to Tetsuya and the crabby-faces gang!"

However the face hunters did not look happy as they are glaring at him. This made Tetsuya nervous.

Benkei was walking around until he heard a scream. He turned to see the former face hunters chasing after Tetsuya.

Later, Benkei was laying on a bench thinking about what the face hunters told him. Kyoya is back and has disbanded the face hunters. Benkei is confused about why Kyoya did that but at the same time he was nervous about facing Kyoya again. After all he did betray the face hunters.

His train of thought was cut off when Kenta appeared out of nowhere.

"Are you listening over here?" Kenta asked.

Benkei falls out of the bench in surprise, then sits up and looks at Kenta.

"What?" Benkei asked.

"That's the thing," Kenta said, "You haven't been answering me."

"Oh," Benkei said as he stood up, "Sorry." He walked away.

Kenta stared at him as he left. What was wrong with his friend?

Benkei was walking through town with an angry look on his face.

"Benkei, wait!" Kenta shouted as he caught up to Benkei, "What's wrong? You're acting weird."

"Nothing." Benkei said.

Kenta pouted and stopped in front of Benkei.

"Look, I'm just worried about you." Kenta said.

"Stay out of this!" Benkei growled.

Kenta took out his bey, "You tell me if I win, Ok?"

"Fine, if It'll shut you up." Benkei said.

Later, after losing his battle with Kenta, Benkei told him about Kyoya's return.

"Kyoya came back?" Kenta asked.

"Yes." Benkei said.

"You're happy, aren't you?" Kenta asked.

"No," Benkei said, "How can I face him right now?

"Talk to him." Kenta said, making Benkei confused, "He's your friend right? It would be weird if you don't talk to him right away."

"But…" Benkei said.

"Don't worry," Kenta said, "If he's your friend, then you should go talk to him."

"Thanks, kid." Benkei grinned, "You're a good friend."

Hikaru was walking away from Bey Park until she heard a voice calling out to her. She turned to see Gingka standing there, looking at her with an emotionless gaze.

"You're Hikaru, aren't you?" Gingka asked.

"Yeah?" Hikaru said.

Gingka took out his bey, "Battle me now."

Hikaru looked shocked to hear him say that, but then she looked away from him, "I can't."

Gingka raised an eyebrow, "Why not?"

"I lost to Kenta, so until I defeat him, then I can battle you." Hikaru said.

"I don't care." Gingka said, shocking her, "You seem like a strong opponent and your battle with the kid has interested me. I don't care if you lost to the kid. All I care about is battling you. So are you going to battle or not?"

Hikari was watching him from behind and smiled, 'Looks like there's still some of the old Gingka left in him. He still likes to battle strong opponents.'

"Ok," Hikaru said as she took out her bey.

"3!" they counted off.

"2!"

"1!"

"Let it rip!" They launched their beys and clashed.

Meanwhile, Benkei made it to the face hunters' base only to find it empty. He sighed and started to walk away until he heard a growl behind him. He turned to see Kyoya standing behind him, his eyes closed.

"Kyoya!" Benkei shouted as he ran over to him, "I'm glad you're all right. I'm sorry about what happened while you were away. I'm ready for my punishment. But before that, tell me why did you disband the face hunters?" Kyoya did not answer him, "Kyoya!"

Kyoya took out his bey, "Ready your bey."

Benkei smiled as he took out his bey, 'It's been like this forever with Kyoya. We always talked through battles.'

"3!" Benkei counted off.

"2!"

"1!"

"Let it rip!" They launched their beys and clashed. Benkei noticed that Kyoya's attacks are fierce, but there's something different.

Leone started to push Bull into a wall, then it grinded Bull against the wall.

Benkei was shocked to see Leone attacking so brutal, "What happened to you?" He was shocked even more when he saw a maniacal look on Kyoya's face, "Kyoya?"

"It was terrible." Kyoya said.

"What?" Benkei asked.

"The wind blowing up from the bottom of the valley, the growls of the ruthless, hungry wolves," Kyoya said, "It was like hell on earth."

"Hell on earth?" Benkei asked.

"Kill or be killed," Kyoya said, "You can only rely on your own strength."

Leone started to grind Bull harder against the wall.

"Bull!" Benkei cried.

"Don't expect any mercy from me, traitor." Kyoya growled, "I'll crush you until there's nothing left. I'll destroy you so much that you won't be able to pick up a bey again!"

"Kyoya?" Benkei asked.

Leone grinded harder into Bull.

"Stop, Kyoya!" Benkei cried.

Leone backed away from bull, then raced toward it again, intent on smashing it to pieces. However another bey came in and saved Bull. It was Sagitario. Kenta was standing at the entrance with an unhappy look on his face.

"This isn't right!" Kenta shouted, "A bey battle isn't a contest of destruction!"

Kyoya scoffed, "You'll be destroyed along with him."

Leone started to create a whirlwind.

"Lion Gale Force Wall?" Benkei asked.

"Sagitario!" Kenta shouted.

Sagitario tried to race towards Leone, only to get blown back by the wind.

"If you carelessly jump in, you'll get swallowed up by the tornado." Benkei said, "Just stick to Sagitario's specialty: A drawn-out battle."

"It would make sense if this was the Lion Gale Force Wall," Kyoya smirked, shocking Benkei and Kenta, "But this is not the same special move as before."

The wind started to swirl up around Leone.

"Devour him, Lion Wild Wind Fang Dance!" Kyoya shouted and a green lion appeared and roared before the tornado started to move towards them.

"This move…" Benkei said.

"A good offense is the best defense." Kyoya laughed maniacally.

"I won't lose!" Kenta said, "Sagitario Flame Claw."

Sagitario was covered in flames as it raced towards the tornado, but was repelled.

"Bull uppercut!" Benkei shouted and Bull raced towards the tornado.

"Useless!" Kyoya shouted as Bull was repelled, "Destroy everything!"

The wind started to intensify and everything was getting blown away.

"Kyoya, stop this!" Benkei shouted

"Win or lose!" Kyoya laughed maniacally as Sagitario and Bull got blown away, "It's the sound of destruction!"

"This isn't the Kyoya I know," Benkei said, "What happened to you?"

Kenta dodged a plank of wood, but a pipe started to falls towards him.

"Kenta!" Benkei shouted as he shielded Kenta from the pipe.

Through all of this, Kyoya was laughing like an insane person.

"What's wrong with him?" Kenta asked.

"Snap out of it, Kyoya!" Benkei said.

Kyoya continued to laugh as the tornado tore through the ceiling and disappeared.

In the face hunters' base, everything was a mess. Kenta and Benkei were lying on the floor, their beys in front of them, rotation stopped.

"Kyoya, why?" Benkei asked.

"This is a contest of destruction!" Kyoya said, "You can only rely on your own strength!"

"That's why the face hunters are disbanded?"

"That's right," Kyoya said, "I don't need people to protect me! I learned how to live on my own!" He looked at the beys on the ground and grinned maniacally, "Not over yet." Benkei and Kenta were confused, "I thought I told you that I won't show any mercy. That I'll destroy you completely!" Kyoya moved to step on them but Benkei shielded them.

"Isn't this enough?" Benkei asked.

"Go tell Gingka this: Kyoya has returned to destroy him!" Kyoya stepped on Benkei's arm, making him scream in pain.

Meanwhile, Hikaru and Gingka were still battling and Aquario had the edge.

"Can you figure out my special move now, Gingka?" Hikaru asked.

Gingka just looked up at the sun then back at Hikaru.

"Aquario Infinite Assault!" Hikaru shouted and Aquario begun to multiply and raced towards Pegasus. Gingka stared impassively at the beys, then notice one of the reflected the sun.

Gingka grinned, "It's over," He said, shocking Hikaru. Pegasus leaped into the air, "Dark Starblast Attack!" Pegasus crashed down hard on Aquario, making it stop spinning. Gingka and Hikaru retrieved their beys.

"So you used the sun's reflection to spot the real bey." Hikaru said.

"It's obvious, isn't it?" Gingka said, "Illusions can't reflect off the sun."

"Thanks for the battle, Gingka," Hikaru said, "Now I have no regrets." She started to walk away.

"Hopefully we can battle again," Gingka said, making Hikaru stop in her tracks, "And hopefully it would be more interesting next time.

Hikaru turned to face Gingka, but he was no longer there.

Later Kenta was trying to wake up Benkei, who was unconscious.

Meanwhile, Kyoya was standing in the outskirts of town.

"Just wait, Gingka Hagane," Kyoya said, "I will destroy you once and for all!" He laughed maniacally as lightning flashed in the sky.

On the roof of a building, Gingka was watching the dark clouds as he felt his bey pulse and his hand.

"You sense it, too, Pegasus?" Gingka asked and felt his bey pulse again, "I know. He's back."

Hikari appeared beside him, "Gingka?"

Gingka started to laugh maniacally as a dark blue aura surrounded him and his eyes turned red.

"Kyoya Tategami," Gingka said, "Let's see if you can give me a challenge this time." He continued to laugh as lightning flashed in the sky.

The battle between the Prince of Darkness and the King of Beasts will soon begin.

A/N: That's the end. Get ready for an epic battle next chapter. Review and vote on my profile!