Sorry about not posting yesterday. I was rather busy. Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 10 Kyoya & Nile's Return
At the airport, Kyoya and Nile met each other in the baggage claim area. "How ironic!" said Nile. "We both returned from our vacations at the same time!"
Kyoya nodded. "I loved the break, but I felt somehow drawn to return."
"Me too," said Nile.
The two friends picked up their baggage and went to the parking structure to get their cars and drive home. Nile stopped in at Hyoma's Hotel and discovered that, much to his surprise, the visitors looking for Zeo Zaggart were still in town. They were not, however, in the hotel at the time. Hyoma told Nile that the guests had gone out early in the morning, around 8:00. It was now noon in Anti-Zeo Zaggart Land.
Meanwhile, Kyoya had already unpacked at his home and headed off to open up the Beyblade Battlegrounds for the first time in over a week. As soon as bladers had seen Kyoya and Nile drive into town, they had begun to queue up outside of the tan pyramid, eager for tough battles. Kyoya opened the door and raced to the top as bladers poured into the Beyblade Battlegrounds.
A few minutes later Nile joined him, ready to get back to work. It didn't take long for the first of the determined challengers to arrive.
Tyson was wandering around town again with Kenny, Ray, Max, and Hilary. Kai had once more mysteriously disappeared after their group breakfast. "La la la!" sang Tyson happily. "I wonder where Zeo went?"
Ray sighed. He wished he had disappeared along with Kai. "I don't know, Tyson."
"That's why we're looking for him," said Kenny. "Because we don't know where Zeo is."
Hilary sighed. She left them, announcing that she would rather go searching for Kai. Tyson didn't hear, Ray nodded, Kenny shrugged, and Max didn't care.
Hilary found Kai talking to King, and decided to ask him a question. "King, how could you declare yourself a 'king' when the USA is run by a president?"
"King is more of an honorary title," explained King. "Plus, people think it's funny because my name is King."
"Oh." That answer satisfied Hilary. Then she turned to Kai. "You'd better have a good explanation of why you always disappear after breakfast, Kai."
Kai turned toward Hilary. "Surely you've hung around Tyson long enough to realize that he gets over-excited about everything. I find that very annoying."
Hilary nodded. She had noticed. "I understand."
"In other news," said Kai, who had been talking to King long enough to hear this tidbit, "Kyoya and Nile have returned."
Kyoya and Nile. Hilary couldn't remember who Kyoya was, but she knew Nile was the one who had driven them into Anti-Zeo Zaggart Land. "So?" she asked.
Kai patiently explained to her what she had forgotten about their friend Nile. "That means the Beyblade Battlegrounds is open now."
"Oh!" Hilary had finally connected the dots. "So today you especially wanted to leave because you knew that Tyson would get super excited and spaz out about going there."
"Exactly," replied Kai.
"Oh boy oh boy oh boy!" squealed Tyson. "The Beyblade Battlegrounds have finally been opened up! I am so going there!"
Max, Ray, and Kenny sighed. "Fine," they answered. If they had said "no," then Tyson would bug them about it forever. Then all of them headed over to the Beyblade Battlegrounds.
Once they got there, they saw a huge line winding all the way down the street and around the block. "Really? We have to stand in a line this long?" asked Max in disbelief.
Tyson was looking up and down the line. "I can't wait this long!" he wailed.
The person in front of him turned around. "Suck it up, kid. We all have to wait."
Another person looked at them. "Yeah, Kyoya and Nile are super popular, so their business is always booming."
"Tyson?" asked Ray tentatively. "Are you willing to wait in this line?"
"Yes yes! Of course!" exclaimed Tyson. "I must prove that I am the champ!"
Kenny sighed. This would be a long afternoon.
"Really? They're back?" asked Benkei.
Kenta nodded. "I saw them myself."
"K-K-Kyoya!" cried Benkei, who then rushed out of his shop to go and greet his friend.
At the Beyblade Battlegrounds, he got in line behind Tyson and company. Tyson was already getting bored, and wanted to talk to someone, so he talked to Benkei.
"Hey. Why are you here?" asked Tyson.
"Tyson, most people are here to battle," said Kenny.
"I am here to get over my illness," Benkei said.
Tyson recoiled. "Eww... Get away from me! I don't want to be sick too!"
"You can't catch my illness," Benkei reassured Tyson. "I have an noncontagious, severe form of Kyoya withdrawal."
Ray looked at Kenny. "Is there such a thing?"
Benkei answered before Kenny. "It has to be real. I've felt sad and lonely without Kyoya. So I am here to see him!"
Tyson and the others wondered how long Benkei would wait in line.
Turns out, a very long time. Five hours later, Benkei was still in line, which was seemingly as long as ever. Tyson, Max, Ray, and Kenny had left the line about four hours ago, as had a lot of others when they realized they were wasting their day standing there. But not Benkei. He faithfully stayed in line, keeping his gaze fixed on the top of the pyramid.
An hour after that, after six hours of waiting in line, Benkei finally entered the pyramid. His determination allowed him to make it to the top, where he raced to Kyoya. Needless to say, Kyoya pushed Benkei away, but Benkei's Kyoya withdrawal was gone. He was cured!
Then it came time for the battle, where Benkei chose to fight against Kyoya, and of course, ended up losing. Soon after the battle against Benkei, Kyoya and Nile had to close up the pyramid, because it was around ten o'clock at night, and they wanted to get home. They had already worked past their usual shift because of the large number of challengers lined up.
Nile headed off to his home as Kyoya finished locking and barring the front door. Just as Kyoya left, he turned to look back once more, and saw a dark figure emerge from the shadows. It walked up to the pyramid that is the Beyblade Battlegrounds and launched a bey at it. The bey did no damage and fell to the ground. The figure kicked, screamed, and tore at the pyramid, but id didn't budge. Kyoya, even though it was dark, knew who it was and what it meant: Zeo Zaggart was back.