I felt exhaustion wash over me, and I struggled to push myself onto my elbows. I heard something land on my right, and I looked over to see Leone. My eyes widened and I gasped in shock. It was still spinning!

"...Leone?!"

"WHAT?! How are you still up?!" I weakly smirked at the look on Ryuga's face.

"Never had someone survive that one?" I sat up, pulling myself to my feet. "Eh-heh. First time for everything...isn't there?" Leone moved in front of me, wobbling. I saw L-drago spinning in front of Ryuga, wobbling slightly from the expended energy itself.

"Don't get cocky! L-drago!" It switched modes, red lightning gathering around it as it dashed forward, and I prepared to be wiped out.

"Pegasus!" L-drago was knocked back.

"For the last time! Out of my way!" Pegasus was pushed back by L-drago, and I noticed its power dropping at a rapid pace.

"Gingka, it's stealing your energy!" I called out.

"Gah! Pegasus!" Pegasus pulled away, only for L-drago to power up and smash into it, sending it flying. It bounced off its Fusion Wheel and flipped over, landing on its Performance Tip again.

"Stay out of my way. L-drago!" Its power grew, wind whirling around it. It tore across the ground between us, dust flying behind it.

"Leave 'em alone!" I heard a launcher go off and an explosion followed. I saw L-drago bounce once before landing. Ryuga looked on in shock.

"WHAT?!" Ryan stood next to me. Ryuga and Ryan glared at each other. "You think you can just barge in here?! You have no respect as a Blader, L-drago!"

"No respect, look in the mirror! Bull, go!" Fury Bull leaped forwards.

"You can't match L-drago! It is useless!"

"Not as useless when we work together! Leone!" I had been encouraging Leone to power up for one last hit. Soon, while it wasn't even close to full power, it had built up a lot of wind. It dashed forward alongside Bull. I tilted my head slightly towards my brother. "Ryan, when I say, have Bull get in front of Leone."

"Okay, why?"

"Imma give you a boost." His eyes lit up, and he got excited.

"Gotcha. Let's take this guy. Whoever he is." Bull and Leone ran right alongside each other, gaining speed and power.

"I will end all of you! L-drago, wipe them off the face of the earth!" L-drago's beast appeared, letting out a loud roar and rushing forward.

"Now Ryan!"

"Fury Bull! Full speed ahead!" Bull poured on the speed as I threw my arm out.

"Burn Leone! Release it, let it all out! Now!" The blast of wind that shot forwards was so strong it stopped Leone in its tracks, the wind slamming into Bull and picking it up, carrying it even faster than its Semi Flat Performance Tip could. Both of us were shouting at the top of our lungs.

"GOOO!" The biggest explosion so far rocked the entire block. I heard/felt something zip past my head, and turned to see a huge crater in the wall behind us. A plume of smoke rose high into the air, spreading out and covering the sun. The smoke covered us all, making it hard to breathe.

"Ryan? Are you okay?!" I heard a cough and saw him on the ground, weakly getting to his feet. I helped him up and we dusted ourselves off.

"Yeah, I'm okay. What happened?"

"I have no idea. I don't know which Bey that is, but it put a giant crater in the wall." I quickly walked over to check. I stuttered when I saw Bull lodged in the concrete. "Ryan! It's Bull!"

"Bull!" He ran over and reached up to grab it, only to gasp when it dislodged and fell. He caught it and looked over it carefully. He stopped when he saw the Energy Ring was cracked on one side. "Oh no, Bull!" I placed a hand on his shoulder.

"It's alright, Bull will be fine. Madoka can fix it." He sighed.

"You're right." He looked up at me. "Where's Leone?" I turned back to the battle field, my eyes scanning the ground. I saw Ryuga catch a still spinning L-drago, and my eyes landed on a spot near him.

"Leone!" I ran over and picked it up, seeing it was slightly damaged as well. "I'm glad you're okay Leone. You did an amazing job, I'm so proud of you."

"Hn! Proud? You lost you idiot!" My head snapped over to glare at Ryuga.

"I may have lost, but Leone just took on its greatest fear. And with a lot of effort too."

"Greatest fear? What are you babbling about?"

"Leone was abused by its last owner, and it was afraid to battle." I placed my fist on my hip. "Not only did Leone just battle, it took on you." Ryuga stared at me with a stone cold look.

"...Congratulations. You want a trophy?"

"I'll stick with the satisfaction of battling the Dragon Emperor. Even weakening you a bit." He started to snap at me.

"If you think for one second you're as str-!"

"Ah-ah-ah, I said I weakened you. I didn't match you in power. That is impossible at my level. But I must warn you Ryuga. That gap won't be there for long. So I'd keep working if I were you. I'm not going to forget what Majesty did." His eyes went to the size of dinner plates and he gasped.

"How do you know that name?!" My eyes widened at the mistake and I took a step back. He was even more enraged than before and a hot orange fire glowed around him. "Tell me how you know that name, now!" I stuttered, trying to come up with a good answer, when I felt Leone warm up in my hand. I looked down to see a purple fire coming from it that it calmed me down. I looked up at Ryuga, and he was slightly surprised at the look on my face.

"Maybe you should ask your Bey." I turned and walked over to Ryan, throwing my voice over my shoulder. "After all. It is the reason you are here." I placed my hand on Ryan's shoulder, walking back towards the B-pit.

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I sat Ryan down and caught him up on everything. My dream with Majesty, the fact that Leone was no longer scared to battle, Gingka and I starting a battle with Ryuga interrupting. All the while Madoka was fretting over the damage done in the battle, muttering about reckless Bladers.

"...And that's about when you showed up. Nice job, by the way."

"Thanks. James, that's, kind of crazy. Leone sounds like a really powerful Bey." I held Leone in my hand.

"I think there's more to this Bey than I first thought."

"Well, you aren't going to believe this, but...I have something to tell you." I raised an eyebrow as he rubbed his forearm.

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"What?! What are you talking about?!"

"I'm sorry, I lost control of it!"

"You launched Bull in the apartment?! Are you insane?!"

"I thought I could control it! I never had any problems before!" I nearly bounced my head off the wall in frustration.

"You didn't break anything did you?"

"Only knocked out a desk leg, but I was able to fix it before mom or dad noticed."

"You are extremely lucky."

"I know."

"We could have lost our Beys Ryan."

"I know." I paused, then sighed, seeing he had beaten himself up enough already.

"Alright. Now, let's see if we can't find out why Bull went crazy like that." I turned to Madoka, who was sitting at her desk. "Madoka, I know you just started on Bull, but do you have any clue why it didn't listen to Ryan?" She turned around, pulling her goggles up on her head.

"Well, it doesn't have a whole lot of damage, besides the crack in it. There's no debris that would unbalance it. I'm not sure if there is anything wrong with the Bey itself. Maybe it has something to do with the Bey Spirit?" She turned back to her work. I looked at Ryan.

"I think we need someone with more knowledge on the subject."

"But who?"

"I think I know just the person you are looking for." Our eyes snapped up to the stairwell to see Gingka leaning over the railing.

"Hey Gingka, are you talking about yourself?" He shook his head.

"No. Even I don't know enough to explain Bull's behavior. But I know someone who might."