EPISODE 52: SIBLING RIVALRY.
"Filled with chills, spills and tons of thrills, the first round is over. The eight bladers moving on to the second round have all been decided. Let's take to looksie poo at the battle pairings for the second round, shall we? And here they are!" D J said. The screen showed who was facing who. "Benkei VS Kenta, Ruutaro VS Tsubasa, Reji VS Gingka, and Ryuga, who moments ago merciessly defeated Hikaru with unstoppable power and strength will be taking on Kyoya!" The crowd cheered. "Now, let's have a look at our battles for tomorrow for Battle Bladers!" The screen showed the 26 bladers. "First up tomorrow, the ultimate sibling rivalry, it's Minette Buchannon VS Matthew Buchannon! After that, it's the Lightning VS Luna! Next, we'll have Leo VS Iron Mouse! Then, it's Sierra VS Astranema! Next, we have Ariel VS Killua! Then it's Cameron VS Vicious. Next, we have the mysterious blader who seemed to come out of nowhere, it's Galaxia VS Raven! Then it's Riku VS Amber! Later, it's Nene VS Lead Crow! Christopher VS Oakly! After that, it's Pence VS Tin Nyanko! Then after that, it's Sarah VS Vicious! And finally, CODY VS MIO DE VIL!" The crowed cheered. "So, let's take a break now. Seems there was a bit of damage to the stadium at that round, but no biggy, blade fans! Come back tomorrow to see all of these amazing battles!" The crowd cheered.
-IN THE BREAK ROOM-
Everyone was sitting in the break room, waiting for Madoka and Mikey to come back. They came back in and the others all got up.
Gingka got up and walked over to Madoka and Mikey. "Madoka, Mikey, how's Hikaru? Is she gonna be alright?"
Madoka nodded. "The tournament organizers are looking after her, so she should be fine. All we can do now is wait."
Killua raised an eye brow. "You mean the people from the WBBA, right? Not the Dark Nebula?"
"Madoka and i made absolutely sure that the Dark Nebula would have no involvement in Hikaru's care. A boy named Matthew helped us make sure of it." Mikey said.
"You met up with my brother, Matthew?" Minette questioned.
"Yeah. He wanted to know if Hikaru was alright." Madoka said.
"That's good then." Minette said.
"Yeah, but it's like Madoka said. All we can do now is wait." Mikey said.
"Oh, i see." Gingka said.
"First Tommy and Zoe, then Hyoma, and now this happens to Hikaru?" I can't believe it!" Kenta said.
"Gingka pounded his fist into his hand. "Believe it! The Dark Nebula bites!"
"Yeah. And i'm too young to know what it bites." Leo said.
"And Ryuga, it looks like he's gotton even stronger than before." Kenta said.
"But how can we fight against an opponent like that?" Benkei asked.
"There's not just Ryuga. There's another, the Poison Serpent, Reji." Tsubasa said.
"I can't stand that there's another guy like that in the Dark Nebula Organization!" Benkei said.
"There's two others. I'm not sure if they're in this tournament, but there's two others that we'll probably have to look out for." Killua said.
"Huh?" They all turned to Killua.
"In a way, i was one of the founding members of the Dark Nebula. I had been there almost since the beginning, so Doji trusted me. He told me, not long before Kyoya and Leo showed up, about two other bladers that we had. Onne was dark, mysterious, and filled with a hatrad of some sort. The other was a shy, innocent looking young girl who was far more clever and darker than she looked. I never met them, and Doji never gave me their pictures, names, or even what their beys were. All he told me was one was a girl and the other one was a grown man." Killua said.
"As if Ryuga wasn't bad enough, now we have Reji and two other mysterious bladers?" Gingka said.
"I know, right? I mean, first Ryuga, then Reji and now these two other mysterious bladers? What's next?" Sierra said.
"One thing's for sure. None of them are going to be defeated very easily, especially since we don't know if the two of them are in the tournament, or even who they are." Tsubasa said.
"Yeah, that's true." Tommy said.
"Hey, hey, hey, you guys! Wait just a minute! What are you doing, getting all bummed out? Come on, Benkei, cheer up, dude! Say ba-ba-ba-bull!" Madoka said.
"I'm not even sure if that will help." Benkei said.
"Then give us a pep talk, Minette." Mikey said.
"A pep talk? I stink at pep talks. Last time i gave Matthew a pep talk, he ran out crying, and he wasn't even crying already. He was just a little depressed. Why would you think i could give a good pep talk?" Minette said.
"I kinda thought that that'd be something that you'd be good at." Mikey said.
"Don't worry about us, Madoka." Gingka said.
"Huh?" Madoka said.
"We've known from the start that we'd be facing a total menace as an opponent, that's why we trained so hard." Gingka said.
"Kyoya sat up. "We're not giving up now."
Kenta nodded. "The best thing for us is to keep fighting with all we've got, right to the end!"
"Right on. We knew that this was no cakewalk and that we'd have to spin with all our might one day." Gingka said.
"Oh, yeah. Now you're talkin. Weather it's Ryuga, or anyone else, he'd better watch out for old Benkei!" He remembered Kyoya right behind him. "I mean, the next one to fight him, good old Kyoya, will show him whose boss!"
"Sure. He's as good as fired." Kyoya said. Everyone laughed at that.
Gingka turned to Kyoya. "Kyoya?"
Kyoya looked up. "Yeah?"
"We need to even the score for Tommy, Zoe, Hyoma and Hikaru. I'm counting on you to win the next match." Gingka said.
-THE NEXT DAY-
"Now we're gonna have the epic battle of Buchannon VS Buchannon! Give it up for Matthew and Minette!" D J said. The whole stadium cheered, and Matthew and Minette stood on opposite sides of the stadium.
"I can't believe that you're my first opponent, but i guess it's better this way." Minette said.
"Yeah, and now, we can really catch up, right?" Matthew whipped out his bey and launcher.
"Yeah, talking through beys, even though at first we only ever talked with my Heart Leone and your Eevee." Minette said.
"But we have our true beys now, and we'll battle with all of our capabilities!" Minette said.
"Are you ready for an exciting battle, folks! READY! 3-!" D J said.
"2-!"
"1-!"
"LET IT RIP!" Both Minette and Matthew launched their beys. They went past each other and started circling around the stadium.
"I'm not gonna wait for you! LEONE!" Minette said. Venus Leone went straight in for an attack.
"And Leone is the first one to make a move in this battle!" D J said.
"Umbreon!" Matthew said. Umbreon met Leone's attack.
"And Umbreon makes the first attack!" D J said.
"You've gotton a lot stronger since i left, Matt, but you're not strong enough to defeat me! LEONE!" Minette said. Leone got away from Umbreon's attack, and then started spinning around the stadium, shooting itself towards Umbreon in a powerful attack.
"And Leone uses it's momentum to deliver a powerful attack!" D J said.
Matt looked suprised. "When'd you learn to do that?"
"Not long after i left home. I kept battling , but i came up with a rule of my own in those battles. No using my Special Move. I wanted to develop a new, but more than that, i realized i had to become far too dependent on it, and there were some opponents who would be immune to my Special Move. So, i taught myself a few techniques, and i developped some of my own, like this one. LEONE!" Minette said. Leone did the same thing it did before.
"And Leone delivers another powerful attack! Even with Leone balance type power, it still has incredible attack strength, so just think of what it's stamina and defense might be!" D J said.
"Well, if that's the case, then i'll just have to show you an oldie but a goodie! UMBREON!" Matt said. Umbreon went straight into the center of the stadium. "Pursuit!"
"Really, Matt? You know that never works. Not even the master of that technique could stand up to my barrage attacks with that technique! LEONE!" Minette said. Leone went in for a series off attacks, but they were no use. "What?"
"Matt is using some sort of technique called Persuit, and Leone can't seem to break through? Will the balance type Leone lose out to the Dark type, Umbreon, before using up all of it's stamina in it's attacks?"
-IN THE STANDS-
Ariel looked at it on her laptop. "That technique is very strong. It deals damage and hits with double power if the target is switching out. It's nearly impossible to move."
"She'll find a way. She always does." Kyoya said.
"But no one knows her or her techniques better than Matt. They grew up together and battled with each other. They're also siblings, so they can read each other like their favorite books. If there's two people who are perfectly made to be 100% equally matched opponents, it's these two. Each one can counter the move of the other in a perfect timing." Sierra said.
-ON STAGE-
"I thought that i'd save this for a special occasion, but i guess that you give me no choice but to use it now. LEONE, TACKLE ATTACK!" Minette said. Using the same technique, but instead to push the attack to be even stronger. It knocked Umbreon out of it's spot, and into the air.
Matt, instead of being suprised, smiled. "I thought that you'd do something. You know how when you left, i had no Special Move? Well, here it comes! SPECIAL MOVE! UMBREON, NEW MOON ECLIPSE!" Suddenly, Umbreon glowed with a white light and then disappeared.
"What?!" Minette gasped.
"Whoa, bladers! Umbreon has disappeared from sight? Where is it? Has it gone so far out of the stadium that we cant see it?" D J said.
"A new moon conceals the moon, and an eclipse hides the sun and blocks the light." Matt said. Leone was then attacked, seemingly by nothing.
"And it looks like Leone is being attacked by empty air! What is going on here?" D J said.
"So, that means..." Minette begins.
"Umbreon is still there, it's just invisible." Matt said.
Minette's eyes widened. "It's invisible! But that's not possible! Calm down, Minette, you can do this! He's your brother! Try to read his movements and correspond those to the position of his bey." She thought. She looked over at Matt, but he was as still as a weeping angel when she looked at him. "Okay, never mind that theory. But still, how am i supposed to defeat an opponent i can't see! I only have my one special move, and that other special move Heart Leone got when it evolved into Venus Leone. How do you fight what you can't see?" Minette couldn't stop thinking about that. Her special move didn't work on Umbreon, and that wouldn't do anything except for stop it, and she still wouldn't be able to see it anyways. If a bey was using it's special move when she used her, their special move is still active. If she wanted to do this, she had to try that new special move Heart Leone got when it evolved into Venus Leone. "I havent used that move in a while, but i have to try! It's the only hope i have!" Minette stood up. "LEONE! SPECIAL MOVE!"
"Your Special Move doesn't work on me!" Matt said.
"That's not the Special Move i'm using." Minette said.
Matt looked shocked. "WHAT?!"
-IN THE STANDS-
"I know you can do this, Minette! Just remember everything you worked on!" Kyoya said.
-ON STAGE-
"LEONE! SPECIAL MOVE! VENUS PLANET ATTACK!" Minette said. Leone flew out of the stadium and into the sky. It then turned into the 3-D orange planet of Venus.
"And it looks like Leone isusing it's brand new special move, Venus Planet Attack! This move is pretty spectacular folks! But will it be enough to defeat her brother?" D J said.
"No, it won't, but this will! GO, LEONE!" Minette said. The orange planet, Venus, charged down from the sky and went in for a straight attack, sending Umbreon out of the stadium and next to Matt.
"AND THE WINNER IS MINETTE BUCHANNON!" D J said.
Minette recalled Leone to her hand and held it up. "I did it!"
Matt picked up Umbreon and walked over to Minette, smiling. "You know, you could've told me you had a new special move."
"What's the fun in that? Suprising the opponent, especially your brother, even more so, you're older brother, is alway a lot of fun." Minette said they both hugged.
"That was a great battle. Win this for me, will ya?" Matt said.
"I promise, i'll win." Minette said they let go. "I swear, i won't waste your strength. I will defeat Ryuga, and i will stop the Dark Nebula's plans. I'll swear on my blader's spirit that i won't lose to Ryuga!"
"That's if someone else, such as Gingka, doesn't defeat him first." Matt said.
"Kyoya could do it, too." Minette said.
"Um, girls, could you please leave the stadium? We need you to leave for the next battle to begin." D J said. Minette and Matt just looked at each other and laughed.
-LATER-
"PURRLOIN, HIDDEN POWER!" Luna said. Jupiter Raikou flew out of the stadium, landing next to Lightning.
"And the winner is Luna!" D J said.
"But...but how?! You're just a little kid, and you were terrified at the beginning!" Lightning said.
"I'm a lot stronger than i look. But thank you! That battle was so much fun!" Luna said.
"Yeah. You're a pretty cool kid, like my little sister, Serah. I wish she could be here." Lightning said.
"Well, thanks for a great battle! Bye!" Luna skipped away.
As soon as Luna was gone, Lightning narrowed her eyes. "I don't like her. In the battle, she didn't act so innocent. She was a bit dark in the battle." Luna walked over to Minette and Matt and used her incredible strength to pull herself up over the stand walls and into the stands themselves. "There's something i don't like about her. I'm not sure what, but it's just something." Lightning then looked at Minette. "Hey, Minette, do you think that girl could be working for the Dark Nebula?"
Minette remembered what Killua had said: "The other was shy, innocent looking young girl who was far more clever and darker than she looked."
"It's entirely possible, but she's Sierra's friend. Sierra told me about her, and i saw her battle Sierra. She's a good judge of character. I trust her." Minette said.
"There's something ominous about her. Trust me. I can see her thirst for battle, and it's a dark thirst. Many people here have a pure thirst, but here's isn't a pure thirst for battle, for battle for fun. She's here to do something...something not good." Raven said.
NARRATOR: "You've journied with Gingka and his friends on their greatest adventures through Beyblade Metal Fusion. But this season, it will all end. See the final challenges, the final opponents, the final battle with the Dark Nebula. And the final season of Beyblade Metal Fusion. Beyblade Metal Fusion Season 5. LET IT RIP!"
See you in the 5'th and final season.
