The digidestined now moved to America. Their search for the fifth Star Blader has now brought them to Hermitage, Pennsylvania with Ross running with excitement as he entered the town, his old home.
"The place hasn't changed that much. It feels great to be back." Ross said.
"Not that big of a place." Davis said.
"Be nice. Ross use to live here." T.K. said.
"It's fine. Even though the welcome sign said "city" it's not really." Gotsumon said.
"Ross I know you're filled with joy to be here, but remember why we're here." Rimando said. "We're here to find the fifth Star Blader."
"Uh Rimando, he's already ran ahead." Cody said as Ross was running up the street. They followed him to the high school.
"Oh sweet, it's good to see the school is still the same." Ross said.
"Uh this is high school. You're still in eighth grade." Yolei said.
"I know, eighth grade is held here too. It's on the top floor. Besides there are some friends I want to see." Ross said as he ran for the door.
"Hey wait. It looks like everyone is coming out from the football field over there. They must have had an assembly of some kind." Aquamon said as they saw a bunch of students come from the field and Ross made a run for it.
"Wow, everyone in high school is wearing different clothing." Davis said.
"Not every high school has a uniform they're suppose to wear." Hawkmon said. Ross was searching through the crowd until he spotted someone he knew.
"Brandon!" He spotted a guy that his age with short brown hair (style like Davis' in the 25 year ending) with a red shirt and grey short sleeves, and grey pants.
"Ross!" Brandon said as the two gave each other a high five on top. "It's great to see you again."
"It's great to see you too." Ross said as the other digidestined caught up with him. "Guys this is Brandon. He was my best friend back when I lived here."
"Oh so these guys are Davis and all those other people you told me about." Brandon said.
"Ross is that you?" They saw a girl with light brown hair come towards them with a black top, white cotton jacket, and jeans spotted them.
"Marissa?!" Ross said. She ran over and greeted Ross with a hug.
"It's so great to see you." Marissa said.
"Ooh, who's the girl Ross?" Davis said with a smug look on his face and Ross elbowed him in the gut. "Was that necessary?"
"Wipe that grin off your face. Everyone this is Marissa, another good friend of mine." Ross said.
"How've you been, you haven't look like you changed all that much." Marissa said.
"I guess not, but you look great." Ross said with his face red.
"Why are you blushing?" Davis said with another smirk.
"Shut up or I'll make you swallow those goggles." Ross threatened getting irritated.
"Ross!"
"Uh oh." Ross said. Another guy came running in with short light brown hair with a white long sleeve shirt and khaki shorts. He ran in and gave Ross a big hug that it lifted him a little.
"Hey Noah, it's been a long time." Ross said. "Can you let me go now? You're crushing me and I can't really breathe." He said with little breath until Noah put him down.
"Sorry about that." Noah said.
"We need to get back to class Ross, but we'll catch up at the end of the day." Marissa said.
"Oh sure." Ross said and the three went back into the school.
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Escalon
Escalon was able to convince Beo and Hizoki to come with him as he led them down a set of stairs.
"Where are you taking us?" Beo said.
"You better not be wasting our time." Hizoki said.
"Calm down, we're here." Escalon said as they arrived at a set of doors and they opened up to see someone covered in a black cloak waiting for them on the other side of bey stadium.
"I see the first has finally arrived."
"Yes. I give you Hizoki Higomo and his partner Beo Koshiko." Escalon said.
"What is this place? Who are you?" Hizoki said.
"You can call me Horhae. I understand that you wish to stand at the top of the world."
"Yes that is our goal." Hizoki said.
"We wish to be the best bladers ever." Beo said.
"Then we can form an agreement. If you two serve me than I can help you achieve that goal." Horhae said.
"You can?" Beo said.
"Yes." Horhae said. "You see I have big plans, plans that will change this world. If you two help me achieve the remaining seven Star Bladers all our dreams will come true."
"Star Bladers?" Hizoki said.
"Oh, you don't know yet. Hizoki you are one of them. Help me find the others and then you will stand higher than anyone has before." Horhae said. A chance for their dreams to come true were right in front of Beo and Hizoki and they couldn't turn away.
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Hermitage
The final bell rang at the school and all the students were dismissed. When they were Brandon, Marissa, and Noah met up with Ross and the others. Ross did manage to say hi to most of his old friends.
"Wow Ross, you must have been popular." Davis said.
"I like to think I was practically everyone's friend." Ross said.
"So what brings you back to Hermitage after all this time?" Noah said.
"The same thing we should be doing now. Ross I know you want to play catch up with your old friends, but we've got work to do." Rimando said.
"I know." Ross complained.
"What work that makes you busy or your friends?" Noah said with a pout.
"Still a comedian as always Noah. It involves these." Ross said holding up Leviathan.
"Beyblade; are you entering the tournament in Pittsburgh?" Brandon said.
"What tournament?" Ross said.
"There's one happening in Pittsburgh and it's coming up real soon." Marissa said.
"In fact I'm entering myself." Brandon said holding up an ocean blue bey. "This is my bey, Spiral Gasher S134V."
"Spiral Gasher! I didn't know you battled." Ross said.
"I've been doing it for a few months and I'm pretty good." Brandon said.
"It's hard to tell though since not that many people here play this game." Noah said.
"Well let's see how strong you are. I'll be your opponent if you like." Ken said.
"That be great." Brandon said. They both took their positions and were ready for battle.
"3…2…1! Let it rip!" They both said as they launched Gasher and Capricorn.
"Go now Capricorn!" Ken said as Capricorn charged in and Gasher was just standing there. "It's just standing there; so it's either a defense type or a stamina type." Capricorn charged in and managed to hit, but it missed like Gasher swirled out of the way. "What?"
"Capricorn missed?" Davis said.
"How did that happen?" Wormmon said.
"Let's try again." Ken said as Capricorn circled around and tried to attack again, but the same thing happened. "What gives?"
"It's Gasher's spin track. It's an eternal defense spin track and also has wheels on it." Brandon said.
"I see. Check it out guys." Yolei said as she showed it on her computer. "A normal eternal defense spin tracks helps divert an attack away, but since this one has wheels it makes it even harder to deal damage."
"Not bad Brandon." Ken said.
"Brandon is good. He's going to win." Noah said.
"I believe in Brandon, but the battle is still early Noah. Ken's also a genius, he'll figure it out." Ross said.
"This battle won't take long if you keep charging in like that. You'll run out of gas soon enough." Brandon said.
"So your bey is a stamina type. That doesn't mean an instant win." Ken said. "I already know its weakness. Go Capricorn!" Capricorn moved to the slope and was on sidewalk. Capricorn jumped off and grind at the top of Gasher.
"Oh no. Stay strong Gasher." Brandon said and Gasher managed to shake it off. "Now what do I do? He already knows how to counter act the spin track."
"Don't get discouraged already." Davis said.
"Davis is right. There's always to turn a battle around." T.K. said.
"Yeah and you better stay focus on the battle. Capricorn!" Ken said as Capricorn charged the attack head on.
"Have you already forgotten about the spin track?" Brandon said as Capricorn's attack was diverted again. "Now it's my turn." Gasher went in and attacked Capricorn and was sent flying.
"Thank you for that Brandon." Ken said.
"Why's he thanking him?" Noah said.
"Did Ken wanted that to happen?" Marissa said.
"That's right. Here it comes." Wormmon said.
"Special move! Capricorn! Crater Eruption!" The goat of the bey came down and smashed into the ground. The cracks went to Gasher and the underground gas was released and sent Gasher flying and lost the match.
"Wow. I never really saw a special move before." Brandon said.
"Sorry about that Brandon if it was too hard for you." Ken said.
"Don't be. It was fun." Brandon said and turned to Ross. "So Ross are you going to enter the tournament?"
"Yeah you should. I love to see you battle." Marissa said.
"It's possible the Star Blader we're looking for could appear in this tournament. Pittsburgh isn't so far from here." Rimando whispered to the others.
"Sounds like fun. I'll enter myself." Davis said.
"But you guys better get there soon. I was able to reserve a spot with a few others and its tomorrow. There shouldn't be many registration spots left." Brandon said.
"What?!" Davis said.