Chapter 10 Gingka's Revenge
There did not seem to be any worthy competitors in line for the Beyblade Battlegrounds, so Kyoya let Nile have the day off; after all, he had had to take off yesterday to go shopping with Benkei. Nile had been inspired by how Kyoya had helped Tsubasa improve his business, so he decided to help out Kenta, who was foolish enough to only sell ketchup.
"Kenta, you in here?" Nile asked. The shop seemed vacant, but the OPEN sign was in the window. Nile walked in and found Kenta lying on the floor, sleeping off yesterday's grueling battle. Nile kicked him awake.
"Who? Wha?" asked the half awake Kenta.
"It's Nile, I'm here to help you."
Kenta awoke suddenly. "The end is coming!" he proclaimed in a creepy voice. "Beware! Beware!"
Nile sighed and left Kenta alone in his shop.
Happy-go-lucky Gingka was at the B-Pit with Madoka. She was having a particularly tricky time fixing Tsubasa's Earth Eagle, after he had had a spirited battle against Nile. "Oh," sighed Madoka. "This just isn't working. I'll need to get some information on this."
Gingka's only response was "Go Pegasus!" Madoka turned around and saw Cosmic Pegasus spinning on the ceiling. She wondered how on earth it had gotten up there and what exactly Gingka was doing.
When Pegasus fell and skidded to a halt, Madoka asked Gingka a favor. "Can you go to Ryuga's Readables and get me a book called Properties of Defensive Beys?
"Yeah, sure," said Gingka, who launched Pegasus and ran out of the building. After a second of hesitation, Cosmic Pegasus zoomed out after him. Madoka sighed again.
Gingka ran to Ryuga's Readables, ran past the fountain, and splash! It soaked him again. As Gingka got to his feet, he discovered Pegasus at his feet, stopped by the water. He picked it up and was about to leave when he heard a kid coming out of the bookstore saying: "Mommy! Mommy! The statue just spit at him!" Then Gingka realized what had happened. The Ryuga statue had been designed for the sole purpose of spitting water at him to humiliate him!
Gingka clenched his fists. "Oh, you'll pay for this, Ryuga. I'll make you pay," he said. Just then, something hit him in the head. He looked down and picked it up. It was a coin.
"I just paid," said Ryuga, who had suddenly appeared.
Gingka screamed and ran all the way to Kenta's Ketchup shop, where he entered and found his friend crying. "Oh, Kenta!" called Gingka. "Why are you crying?"
"I'm crying because I am stupid," replied Kenta.
"What makes you think that?" Gingka asked.
"I refused help from Nile," sobbed Kenta. "I uttered some weird sort of prophecy!" He cried even harder now.
"Idiot," muttered Gingka, not loud enough to hear. "Get yourself together! I'll be back." With that, he left. His first stop was Hyoma's Hotel, where he asked for a stack of stationary, and his friend gave him some. His second stop was Enzo's Envelopes, where he bought a fancy envelope with dynamite sticks printed on it. His third stop was back at Kenta's Ketchup, where he bought a bottle of ketchup from his now not sobbing friend, who was happy to sell an item. Then Gingka got to work. He wrote his letter in ketchup, because it seemed like blood. After it dried, he put his several page letter in the envelope, sealed it, and gave it to Kenta. "Take this to Ryuga," Gingka told him, and Kenta did just that. Then Gingka hurried off to see if his plan was a success.
"Hmm... Must be hate mail," said Ryuga when he saw the envelope which had dynamite sticks printed on it.
Ryuga opened the letter, which read as follows:
UNDear Ryuga,
You have received this because of your cowardice. If you wish to prove yourself, go to the Beyblade Battlegrounds and challenge Kyoya or Nile. I hope you lose!
UNSincerely Yours,
The Hatemeister (GH)
The letter appeared to be written in blood, but Ryuga could tell from its smell that it was ketchup. He laughed at the "UN" in front of "Dear" and "Sincerely." It had obviously been written after the "Dear" and "Sincerely," not before. GH was obviously Gingka Hagane. Ryuga had the time to go to the Beyblade Battlegrounds, but what was the point? It would only prove to Gingka that he would bend to his wishes. If he went, Gingka would probably be making more demands before you could say antidisestablishmentarianism ! But then again, it wouldn't hurt to prove that he, Ryuga, was the strongest blader in town. That made up his mind: He would go and defeat the Beyblade Battlegrounds.
Ryuga hated waiting in line. He felt that he deserved to go to the front, so he blew up the people in front of him to get inside. Their friends took them to Hikaru's Hospital and they all safely recovered, no thanks to Ryuga. Once inside, he contemplated breaking into the emergency exit staircase and climbing straight to the top, but then decided against it. It would be cheating, and he never cheated, especially not at beyblade. He battled his way to the top, quickly defeating every obstacle. When he got to the eleventh floor, he found himself facing Kyoya on default. Legend Blader vs Legend Blader. Who would win?
"3," called Ryuga.
"2," Kyoya said.
"1, Let it rip!" called both bladers.
Ldrago and Leone entered the stadium at full power. "Lion Gale Force Wall!" yelled Kyoya.
"Pathetic," Ryuga said as he crashed through it. Ldrago clashed with Leone, neither bey giving an inch. "Push harder, Ldrago!" Ldrago knocked Leone to the edge of the stadium. "Time to finish you off early!" shouted Ryuga. Then he frowned. Something wasn't right. Kyoya was smiling.
"True Lion Gale Force Wall!" Kyoya called with a smirk. Ryuga had way underestimated him. Ldrago was pushed back by the wind, and try as he might, Ryuga could not coax Ldrago close enough to attack. The wind was just too strong.
"Retreat!" Ryuga called. Ldrago spun high into the air using the stadium's slope as a jump. "Attack from above!" Ryuga called to his bey. Ldrago shot down from the sky straight toward Leone.
"True King Lion Tearing Blast!" Kyoya commanded. Ldrago managed to cut through, but missed hitting Leone because of all the wind.
"You're not too bad," Ryuga said to Kyoya.
"You're not too bad either, Ryuga, but it will end soon!" cried Kyoya. "Aaaah!" Leone put up the True Lion Gale Force Wall again.
"Not that again," snarled Ryuga. Ldrago launched itself into the air once more for an aerial attack.
Kyoya was tempted to rely, but didn't want to give away any more of his still hidden battle strategy hints. Leone, too, jumped in the air and climbed the Lion Gale Force Wall for extra altitude. Now Leone flew above Ldrago.
What is he planning? Ryuga wondered. Ldrago had lost speed and began to descend face-bolt first. "King Lion Reverse Wind Strike!" called Kyoya. This move took Ryuga by surprise. Ldrago began to slow in midair.
"What? How?" exclaimed Ryuga. Could his Ldrago have finally met its match? "I won't give in he called out. "Ldrago, unleash your full power upon this upstart!"
Ldrago, which had began to slow to a stop, immediately sped up, feeding itself with energy it had taken from Leone earlier in the battle. It surged upward and met Leone's attack.
"True Lion 100 Fang Fury!" called Kyoya, and the wreaked stadium was swirled together and flung at Ldrago.
Ryuga's eyes glared. "Crush them all to pieces, Ldrago." His bey destroyed the chunks of stadium and hurtled them toward Leone, who crushed them even smaller and met Ldrago's attack. Leone then began pushing Ldrago back. Kyoya was winning! Then, Ldrago surged with power, and pushed Leone back. Leone was thrown nearly out of the stadium.
Kyoya was very angry now. "I'm not done yet," he called.
"Me neither," said Ryuga. "I'm not done until I-"
"Let it rip!" called out someone else, interrupting Ryuga's threat. A fiery bey drove Leone back into Kyoya's hand and Ldrago back to Ryuga.
"How dare you interfere with my battle!" exclaimed a furious Ryuga.
"Ldrago is not to be trusted," said the newcomer.
"So what?!" Kyoya shouted. "I don't trust you, barging in on other people's battles and stopping them. How did you manage to get in here anyway?"
"That is only to be known by the Immortal Phoenix!" said Ryo, who was the newcomer and Gingka's meddling dad.
"I wish you had just died in those mountains after I defeated you," Ryuga snarled. "You're such a pest."
"We'll finish this later, Ryuga," said Kyoya, pointing his Fang Leone at Ryo.
"Actually, no we won't," Ryuga said. "And it's not because I'm afraid I'll lose. I've already beaten you twice before. It's because of that meddling Gingka. He's the reason I came here in the first place. I never should have allowed myself to bow to his wishes." Ryuga pointed his bey at Ryo, and then lowered it. He removed Ldrago from the launcher and threw it at Ryo's Burn Fireblaze. Even without its full power, it defeated him easily.
Ryo fell into the wreaked stadium after his defeat and got hurt. Then he went to Hikaru's Hospital to be healed. Ryuga left for his bookstore, and Kyoya closed up the Beyblade Battlegrounds. Gingka was left in the dark, wishing he had chosen a better hiding place than inside the now locked Beyblade Battlegrounds. Not only that, but his revenge had totally failed; destroyed by his own father.
"I hate you!" he screamed into the dark.
Hope you liked it! I won't be able to post for a while, so I uploaded a bunch today. I must admit it was rather a challenge to work out the physics of using the King Lion Reverse Wind Strike on a left-rotating bey...