…Out in the streets of Tokyo, Boss and Alex were walking down the sidewalk to rejoin their teammates. Right behind him, someone took one step and called out, "There you are, Uehara Banken!" Boss and Alex stopped and turned around to find a familiar face. With a big smile, Alex waved, "Hey!"
Boss grinned and crossed his arms. "I was starting to wonder whether you show up or not."
Inside Kinomiya Dojo, everyone looked toward the door as it suddenly slid open. While Kyouju grinned haphazardly, Takao, Daichi, Max, Rei, and even Kai wore dumbfounded stares of disbelief as they beheld who Kyouju claimed to be their sixth member of the Infinitia Revolutions E. Takao gasped, "Hiromi?" Sure enough, it was Hiromi, grinning joyously and holding out a ruby red combination-style Beyblade with black and white markings and four arrow-headed blades over the attack ring. "Yep, it's Tatibana Hiromi, and I'm finally ready to Beyblade!" the young girl declared. "So, which one of you wants to fight me first?"
Beyblade Lunar Eclipse
Episode 5: "Beautiful Excalibur"
One year ago…
"GO SHOOT!"
In the middle of a park, Takao released his Beyblade out into the blue Beystadium before him, spinning around and around along with a yellow blade belong to a young child. With several boys surrounding them, they cheered and shouted for their fellow peer to fight and defeat Takao. "Go! You can do it!" the kid cried. But, for every attack, his blade just bounced off the impregnable white Beyblade. Then, it suddenly swirled to the right and attacked, sending the kid's blade out into the crowd! The white Beyblade flew back into Takao's hand, and he chuckled earnestly while he rubbed under his nose with a single finger. "Not too shabby. Just practice, practice, practice, and someday you'll make me look like nothing but a chump."
The kid smiled happily, "Really, Takao-sensei? Thanks!"
While the kids all cheered happily for their idol, Takao laughed modestly and grabbed the back of his head. "'Sensei?' Oh, I don't know about that…" Meanwhile, right behind them all, there was Hiromi, anxiously sitting on a bench. As she stared at the crowd, especially Takao, she wore a look of dejection and exasperation…
"He always puts Beyblading before anything… anyone else. Sometimes, I wish he would lose for once… so he'd have time for me. But, then again, he'll always demand a rematch."
Takao's white Beyblade was sent flying… right past Takao's head. It landed on the floor under the platform Takao was standing on while a familiar black Beyblade was still spinning in the large red Beystadium. And the one who defeated Takao… was Uehara Banken, 'Boss.' In the middle of the two boys, Blader DJ was briefly stunned by the outcome of the match before regaining his bearings. "It's over! What an upset! Three-time World Champion, Kinomiya Takao, has been defeated by the UniverseCity Champion, Uehara Banken! UNBELIEVABLE!" Takao was shocked as he fell to his knees. Finally, anger fueled his emotions as he punched the floor in front of him. Boss picked up his Beyblade and sighed as he wiped the sweat from his forehead. While the audience's cheers filled the entire stadium floor, Hiromi was equally shocked to see that Takao had been defeated in a World Championship. "Takao…" she murmured. She observed him standing back up and walking to Boss. He had a peeved expression over his face for a moment, but he quickly wore a smile. "You were awesome, Boss. I want a rematch soon."
Boss smiled back and held his hand to him. "Sure thing."
With that, the two boys took each other's hand and shook on their preempted revenge battle. Hiromi gently smiled in relief, but a side of her couldn't help but feel a bit frustrated…
"No matter what happened, he would always love Beyblading. He would continue to ignore what else he could do. It seemed that the only way to get him to notice me… was to beat him at his own game."
In that same park, Hiromi stood there in her solitude, her eyes shut. In one hand, she held a white EZ Beylauncher and a skinny green Beyblade in the other. She looked at the blade to find a picture of a whimsical, cartoonish yellow frog with a pair of glasses in the Bit Chip. "I'm sure Kyouju won't mind me borrowing this," she said. With that in mind, she went ahead to load it into the launcher. She held it before her as she coiled her fingers along the gray rip cord. Then, with all her might, she pulled the cord and released the green blade over the ground. But, once it landed, it tipped to its side until the edge of the attack ring touched the ground. In less than a second, it burrowed through the ground until it completely stopped. Hiromi was surprised at her pitiful result and picked up the blade in frustration. "Geez, what's wrong with this dumb Beyblade?" she pouted. "Hmm, this won't be as easy as I thought."
"Hiromi?" a familiar voice called out.
Hiromi jumped and quickly turned around, her back to no one else but Takao. "Oh, Takao! What… are you doing here?" she said nervously.
"Just walking around. What are you…?"
"NOTHING!"
Suddenly, Hiromi was adrenalized to run off in incredible speed, sending a giant wall of cinnamon dirt up from the ground! After seeing her disappear in a flash, Takao just blankly stared after the direction she took. "Um… bye… I guess."
Later, out in the clear area of grassy hills outside the city of Tokyo, Hiromi was preparing to launch the green Beyblade once more. "I couldn't let Takao know that I was training," she thought. "If I was going to make him notice me, I gotta hit him when he least expects it." Again, she pulled the ripcord and released the blade. It flew through the air and dashed across the ground, perfectly balanced. "All right! Full circle, now!" But, the blade didn't listen to her command and kept wildly running down the hill. "Huh? Hey! I said circle around! Hey!" But, the blade still wouldn't listen, and it ended up crashing into a rock protruding from the ground floor. It flew backward and stopped spinning once again. Hiromi ran down the hill and stomped her right foot before swiping the blade from the ground angrily. "How can this be so hard?" she hissed. "What am I doing wrong?" She prepared to throw the blade to the ground until she heard a sound of a violin echo through her ears. She quickly calmed down and followed the calm melody up the hill to find an unfamiliar figure.
On top of that hill, Hiromi found another young woman like herself sitting there, peacefully pulling a rod pass the cords of her violin. She wore a short sapphire jacket over a light pink tanktop, a bright magenta skirt, and a blue blow in her rich cinnamon hair. Her eyes were shut as she calmly resumed the gorgeous melody on her instrument. Hiromi stared in awe, her frustration quickly disappearing. "What a soothing melody," she murmured. "All of a sudden, I don't feel so angry anymore." Finally, the mysterious girl ceased playing her song and opened her brilliant emerald eyes to her fellow peer. "Calm like the undisturbed sea…" she said in the most mature tone of voice. "If you want to become better, you must learn equanimity."
"Huh?" Hiromi blinked in wonder.
"If you want, I would like to teach you. I'll teach you to hone your frustrations… into your strongest weapon."
"But, why would you do that?"
"I want to because I've been watching you recently. And most times… I know how you feel."
"Equanimity. This girl put me in this kind of training for the last year, and I kept my training secret. If I want Takao to notice me more, I have to defeat him at his own game…"
Hiromi stood defiantly before Takao and the others with her own Beyblade in hand, determined for a challenge. But, as soon as he dropped his dumbfounded stare, Takao threw her head up in laughter. "You gotta be kidding!" he said. "You Beyblade? That's a laugh!"
"It's no joke," Hiromi replied confidently. "I've been training in secret for the last year, and now I think I'm ready to take on anyone!"
"Yeah right! You think by just training for one year, you're suddenly good enough to match blades with me? I've been doing this for four years!"
"A few years too long for my taste."
Takao stood up and tightened his fists with anger. "What was that?"
Hiromi turned away from him and casually replied, "I can understand if you're scared, you know."
"Don't give me that! Nothing scares me!"
"Then, what's the harm in taking me up on my challenge?"
"All right then! If I win, I don't wanna hear any more of this!"
"And if I win," Hiromi grinned, "I get to join your team."
Daichi and the others were left to behold this argument in silence. But, Daichi broke the silence and chuckled to the others. "This, I gotta see."
Max smiled, "Yeah, this ought to be very interesting. What do you think, guys?"
"Yeah," Rei nodded.
Kai quietly looked toward Hiromi and saw something intrigue in her eyes. He grinned to himself and thought, "She just might do it."
Outside the dojo a few moments later, Takao and Hiromi were on opposite ends of a red Beystadium. Standing or sitting over the boardwalk, Kyouju opened his laptop while Daichi, Max, Rei, and Kai were positioned around him. Takao grinned as he held his Grip Shooter out before his opponent. "Ready, Hiromi?"
"And willing," Hiromi smiled back.
With that, Hiromi then pulled out a yellow Custom Grip Shooter with a white EZ shooter hooked to it, inserted a red ripcord, and secured her Beyblade. "Kyouju, do the honors," Takao said. "We're ready."
"Oh, of course," Kyouju smiled.
Takao and Hiromi held their shooters above the stadium, awaiting their cue. Kyouju cried out, "THREE, TWO, ONE…!"
Simultaneously, the Beybladers cried, "GO! SHOOT!"
With one great pull from the ripcords, both Takao and Hiromi released their Beyblades into the stadium.
The two Beyblades landed in the Beystadium and took off in opposite directions. The red blade went off to the left and the silver one went to the right. After they quickly circled around the dish, they met in the center of the arena and clashed against each other. But, in seconds, Dragoon E slammed Hiromi's blade against the stadium wall easily. "Heh! Too easy!" Takao declared. Dragoon E went to strike the red blade once again while it also charged toward it. Then, suddenly, the red blade rushed to its right in the last second and swung under Dragoon E, sending it up into the air! Takao gasped while everyone else was genuinely surprised by the counterattack. Dragoon E managed to land in the stadium, but it briefly wobbled a bit before it regained its balance. Takao frowned at Hiromi who still held on to her confident grin. "Don't tell me. You think that was a lucky shot, right?"
"I think you said it for me! Dragoon!"
Dragoon E grinded over the red blade once again and quickly shoved it towards the wall to decrease its spin power. Takao roared as he held out one fist to deliver his incredible attack power. But, before they could reach the wall, Hiromi's blade suddenly circled around Dragoon E and ended up grinding it against the wall! "No way!" Takao gasped.
"Takao, quit holding back," Hiromi said. "It's the only way to satisfy me and my Dreamer Excalibur."
Takao repeated, "Dreamer… Excalibur?"
With that, the red blade, Dreamer E, backed away and let Dragoon E regain what was left of its balance, the first round clearly won.
Dreamer Excalibur spun in place as Hiromi stood over it with her intimidating smile. Watching the battle, Kyouju smiled with satisfaction. "It looks like her new blade is performing precisely how I hoped it would."
"You mean, you made that blade?" Max wondered.
"Upgraded it, actually. Hiromi received the original Dreamer blade from her trainer, and after she found out about Takao's new Dragoon Eclipse at the time, she asked me to fix hers to reach the same standards as Takao. Now, Dreamer Excalibur's defense and endurance has powered up and her Beyblading style has reached a whole new level because of it."
"What do you mean?" Rei asked.
"Just watch and you'll see."
Takao managed to crack a smile and chuckled to himself. "Well, it looks like you have some skills. But. You're gonna wish that you finished me off when you had the chance!" Suddenly, Dragoon E began to spin around in a complete circle and as it slowly gained more speed, gusts of wind energy began to enshroud it. The wind began to push Dreamer E away, but it suddenly ran through the wind and dashed toward Dragoon E. But, upon contact, the red blade just bounced off the blade and blew backwards. "What kind of attack was that?" Takao mocked. "Now, it's time to finish this! Dragoon!" With the power of wind below it, Dragoon E flew into the air and suddenly dropped down at Dreamer E below. The silver blade landed right on top of the red blade, keeping its balance on it! Upon impact, the barrier of wind expanded into a wide cylinder. As blades of air rushed by him, Takao stood there with a triumphant grin. "This attack will waste whatever's left of your spin power. Then, you'll be crushed!" The wind blew by Hiromi who was trying to fight it. And while she did, she regained her sly grin. "That's it. You took the bait just like I planned."
"What?"
As Dragoon E's wind energy still encircled on top of it, Dreamer E began to glow with a strong aura as well. Hiromi waved her arms back to her sides and wistfully purred, "Fly." Suddenly, as the aura around Dreamer E grew brighter and wider, it was slowly hovering over the dish with Dragoon E still spinning on top of it! "You're kidding!" Takao gasped. But, it was true; Dreamer E was slowly floating despite Dragoon E's powerful wave of energy washing over it. As they continued to rise, a barrier of crimson wind energy expanded from Hiromi's blade and began to consume Takao's. "Hey! My attack… you're turning it against me!"
"Now, you get it," Hiromi replied. "It's my style: the art of equanimity. It's my calmness and patience that will win the battle."
Kyouju nodded in confirmation. "This is exactly what I mean. The truth is that Dreamer Excalibur has no attack power." Everyone was surprised at this revelation. "No attack power?" Rei repeated.
"That's right," Kyouju nodded. "That's why the blade easily bounced off of Takao's blade earlier."
"I see," Kai deduced. "So, Dreamer Excalibur's ace in the hole is to literally absorb its opponent's energy that's thrown against it and throw it back at him. Hiromi is making Kinomiya's strength her own."
"Now, that's wild!" Max said.
"So, Takao walked right into Hiromi's trap," Rei said. "Once she releases the energy she absorbed back at him, he's finished."
The two Beyblades continued to float in midair, exuding intense energy waves. In the cylinder of power, Hiromi held out her hand and cried, "Now, Dreamer Excalibur! Full-force counterattack!"
"Uh oh," Takao gulped.
But, before the end of the battle was realized, a familiar white Beyblade with its bright emerald shade flew at the spectacle and instantly broke the two blades from each other! Takao and Hiromi both gasped as their respective blades flew to their feet. "What was…?" Takao wondered. Both of them stared up to see someone standing on the gate surrounding the dojo. It was none other than Fujibayashi Reena!
Reena of the Saint Generations A balanced herself over the gate with her enormous ax over her shoulder and her orange scarf masking her mouth. After she summoned her blade back in her hand, Daichi immediately stood up and ran to Hiromi's side. "Reena! Why are you here?" The pink-haired girl didn't answer; she instead leapt up and allowed a sphere of wind energy to surround her. Then, as soon as it dissipated, she disappeared without a trace!
After Reena disappeared, Daichi clenched his teeth along with his fists. "Whoa," Takao awed. "How did she do that?"
"A wind ninja," Rei replied. "As long as there's even a small current of wind, she can use it to move at high speeds. Master did say he knew one."
"WOW! Are you for real?" Max gasped.
"It's no big deal," Daichi replied. "I've seen her do it from time to time. Anyway, I'm gotta here!"
With that, Daichi ran off to track down Reena. Takao watched him run off and sighed, "Things just get more complicated…" Then, he turned to Hiromi, whose head was bowed down far enough to obscure her eyes. "Hiromi?" The young girl quickly shot her head up with wide eyes of rage and shrieked! "Just when I was about to win the battle! I'll MAKE HER PAY!" In a flash, Hiromi angrily stormed off, leaving behind a tall trail of smoke behind her! A large bead of sweat fell down Takao's head as he said, "Was that the Beyblader I just fought?"
Barely outside the borders of Tokyo, Daichi found himself in a wide grassy plain, searching for his friend from the village. "Reena!" he called out. "I know you went this way! Don't hide from me!" Suddenly, a familiar trail of dust was running right behind him. In a flash, Hiromi suddenly appeared at Daichi's side, startling him. "Hey! What are you doing here?" Daichi pouted.
"I'm here to have a talk with that friend of yours!" Hiromi sneered. "I'll make her pay for interrupting an important battle!"
"Well, I won't let you! You're not gonna even touch her until I'm done with her."
"Why you…!"
Then, Hiromi started to calm down as Daichi's words ran through her mind once more. Finally, a sly grin crept across her face. "Hey, you wouldn't happen to have a bit more history with this girl, would you?" Daichi twitched fiercely and shifted his beady, green eyes away from her. "You… don't… know what you talking about," he murmured under his breath.
"We might have some history together, but what does that matter to you?" a voice called.
Daichi and Hiromi both turned to the top of the grassy mound to find none other that Reena standing over the peak.
Daichi took a step forward and cried out to his fellow peer. "Reena! Now's the time to explain yourself!"
"There's nothing to say," Reena said. "I just decided to join my old team and help carry out our mission."
"No way! I know you better than that! There's gotta be more to your joining the Saint Generations A!"
"Wanna fight it out of me?"
Daichi clenched his teeth and his fists. Thoughts of the girl he knew slowly flew by his memories…
"Daichi!"
…Daichi quickly raised his head at the sound of his name and grinned mischievously while slightly blushing. Suddenly, Reena appeared from the bushes and found Daichi before her. Her live, sapphire colored eyes shimmered as she said, "The elder's wondering where you were. You better hurry up!"
Daichi took one hand behind his head and laughed, "Uh, yeah! I was just heading back!"
The girl looked over to the giant pile of wood and looked up towards the top in awe. "Oh wow! You got all this done?"
"Yeah, well…" the boy shrugged.
"It looks heavy. How about I help you bring back to our village?"
"Oh, I couldn't ask you to help," Daichi replied honestly.
"Oh no, it's no problem at all."
…Suddenly, laughter was directed towards the two kids. They both looked to their left to find a trio of three boys sneering at them derisively. The skinny, nasally kid stepped forward and chuckled, "You two together again? Don't you get tired to hanging around girls, runt?"
As Reena hid behind his arm nervously, Daichi exclaimed, "Hey, shut up, ya punk! Who are you to always be picking on her anyway?"
"Are you really that much of a wimp?" the stout kid in the overalls replied. "You were kinda cool before, but now that that girl had shown up in our village, you've gone soft! What happened to the Sumeragi Beyblade Champ?"
"He's still here, fatso! I don't hear any of you challenging me, so fight me before saying crap like that!"
…Reena cheered in ecstasy. "Yeah! Daichi's number 1!" Now that the battle was over, the purple Beyblade flew into Daichi's right palm to rest. The bullies gasped in utter shock as they witnessed the shattered pieces of their Beyblades and fell to their knees in defeat, crying and bawling. "No! I can't believe we lost! It's gonna be cold tomorrow! I don't wanna be naked!"
Daichi chuckled, "Guess I'm not so weak after all, huh?"
Reena quickly came to Daichi's side and smiled at him in pure relief. "You did great, Daichi! You've gotten a lot better!"
"Heh! I know!"
"Boy, I wish I can be twice as good as you."
…As he came back to reality, Daichi proceeded to wield his ax-like Grip Shooter and his purple Beyblade. "This Reena sure doesn't act like the Reena I knew in the village," he thought. "She's completely different now. Maybe this is the real her." Daichi locked in his Gaia Dragoon Earth to his shooter and got ready pull the ripcord at his opponent. Reena held up her enormous ax, revealing an EZ Shooter built under the blade of it and her own blade already locked into it. Hiromi crossed her arms and sighed. "Just make it quick so I get my turn. All right… three, two, and one…"
Daichi cried, "GO! SHOOT!"
Finally, he pulled the cord and fired Gaia Dragoon. Reena grasped her ax with both hands and swung around in a complete circle to fire her own blade, crying "Go, Sylph Ascension!"
The two blades struck each other hard in midair and were both sent in opposite directions. Gaia Dragoon E was first to land on the ground and in doing so sent a fault line straight at its opponent. A pillar of rock shot underneath Sylph A and sent it upward. But, the white Beyblade recovered and soared down at the violet blade, grinding it backward. As the blades clashed, Daichi was using his small ax to guard against the large blade of Reena's. As he struggled, he spoke to her. "What's your problem anyway? Answer me!"
"I told you to beat it out of me!" Reena exclaimed.
With that, Reena mustered her strength over her ax and flung Daichi back! And Sylph delivered a strong smash attack over Gaia Dragoon, throwing it backwards. Sylph A continued chasing its opponent down as it fell down the hill. Before Gaia Dragoon E had a chance to crash on the ground, Sylph easily juggled it above the ground to deal some damage! The blows connected with Daichi's body and violently threw him back and forth. But, the young boy clenched his fists, causing Gaia Dragoon to quickly recover. It quickly dropped hard into the ground and created a massive shockwave that shoved Sylph back. As the dark debris cleared, Gaia Dragoon was sitting still, spinning in a substantially deep crater!
As he held a position of power over Reena, Daichi cracked his knuckles and growled, "Be careful what you wish for."
"I wouldn't wish for anything less," Reena replied with a small grin.
Just then, Sylph soared into the crater and spun around with Gaia Dragoon for a moment before they eventually clashed in the center. Attacks from both sides came together from every direction, left and right, up and down, diagonally and horizontally. After each hit, the faults in the ground grew larger and larger with waves of pure energy gushing out of them. As Hiromi watched in awe, she gasped once she spotted one blade ricochet out from the crater straight into the sky! The blade soon crashed into the ground, right behind a shocked Daichi. As he turned around, he found his blade just barely spinning in place with the clouds of brown dust. Sylph A flew down the hill with Reena crying in the background, "Now to finish it!" The white blade was right at Daichi's blade, attempting to strike it upward into defeat. But, suddenly…!
A familiar ruby-colored Beyblade blocked Sylph Ascension from finishing Gaia Dragoon Earth! It was Dreamer Excalibur! Daichi gasped once he found that he was saved. Hiromi ran to his side and joined the fight. "Hey, why did you…?" Daichi started to fuss.
"Save it!" Hiromi interrupted. "Do you want to lose your Holy Beast?"
Reena and Sylph A both leapt back from their new opponent as Hiromi measured her up. Reena frowned and hissed, "You shouldn't have interfered." With that, Sylph quickly drilled into Dreamer, but Dreamer easily drew on its own power and gradually drove it back up the hill! As Reena was thrust backward through the ground, she recovered and yelled as she summoned more power to hold her opponent off. But, once she did, a peculiar white aura blanketed over the ruby Beyblade. "Not good," Reena gulped.
"Go, Dreamer!" Hiromi cried.
Suddenly, at Reena's surprise, a light pink unicorn with great white wings and a golden horn on its forehead appeared, neighing violently at her! "Another Holy Beast?"
The moment this happened, Takao and company just caught up with everyone, and all but Kyouju were shocked to find the physical form of Hiromi's Holy Beast beside her. "No way!" Takao gasped. "Where did she get a Holy Beast?" Back to the battle, Dreamer Excalibur began to continue pushing Sylph Ascension back. Next, it smashed against to drive it backward, giving it room to perform its special attack.
In a massive, magenta-colored space of nothing but stars, Hiromi calmly waved her arms from her chest to her sides, throwing several feathers before her. They flew outward until they blanketed over her, and once they dissipated, the winged unicorn, Dreamer, neighed wondrously as her golden horn glowed brilliantly with the energy it had gathered. She galloped through the pink skies in the form of the red blade, Dreamer Excalibur, a whisper echoing through the large space. "Horn Excalibur."
Dreamer E dashed toward Sylph A in the form of a great white wave of energy. Soon, the blades connected, and Sylph was instantly sent flying into the air! Reena was also sent off her feet from the overwhelming display of power into the skies. As she flew back against the light winds, Reena reopened her eyes and grunted, "Not… yet!" With that, she somersaulted in mid-flight and prepared to fall back down to the ground. But, suddenly, a massive, golden flash quickly passed under her, and she disappeared! Hiromi gasped along with Daichi and everyone else. Sure enough, there was Reena, high in the skies standing confidently over a large golden bird with twin horned heads, giant crimson wings, and majestic blue tail feathers!
Hiromi swallowed briefly as she stared up at Reena standing over her own Holy Beast. As Sylph's heads both cawed menacingly, Reena rode her with a confident smile. "That was a nice attack!" she called. "I understand that your Beyblade absorbs nearly any attack! But, you think you can handle this?" With that, the large crow Holy Beast soared downward as Reena held on and pulled her scarf over her mouth. Sylph Ascension flew back down at the dormant Dreamer Excalibur, a rising barrier of wind surrounding it. "Now!" Reena cried. "Windy Field!" With that, Sylph Ascension crashed into the ground, creating a giant wave of smoke, and dashed at Dreamer E with all its strength. But, Hiromi didn't seem too worried. "She's still coming on the attack," she thought. "Once she clashes with me, I'll send her power right back at her." But, to her dismay, before Sylph A made collision, it disappeared! Nothing but calm winds brushed against Hiromi's blade. "Huh?" Hiromi wondered. Suddenly, Sylph A was coming at Dreamer E from behind, but once again, it disappeared before impact. From the sidelines, Takao was obviously baffled. "What's going on?" As he and the others observed, several visions of the white blade came at the ruby blade from all sides, but each one of them disappeared in the tiny gusts of wind surrounding them. Daichi watched the peculiar attack carefully and gasped once he remembered how Sylph crashed into the ground earlier. "Look out below you!" Before Hiromi could react, sure enough, the real Sylph Ascension emerged from the ground right beneath Dreamer Excalibur and sent it into midair, surrounded by a large cylinder of wind energy!
…With her opponent's blade stunned and ensnared in erratic winds, Sylph spun about to reach her beloved sapphire skies with a great shriek. The white Beyblade danced along the skies, striking and smashing Dreamer Excalibur from all sides, gradually sending it higher and higher in the air. Finally, at its highest peak, Reena soon reappeared with her ax held over her head. "Behold the power of the shinobi of wind!" She swung her ax at the incoming blade, letting loose a single crescent wave of energy, the essence of the real Sylph Ascension…
Upon impact of the attack, Dreamer Excalibur was sent flying back down to earth in groundbreaking speed. It landed with a brutal crash into the ground, barely spinning in the massive crater it created. Hiromi felt its damage and knelt down, heavily panting. "I'm at my limit," she groaned.
"No! Hiromi!" Takao cried.
Sylph A continued onward to finish the weakened Dreamer E off. Hiromi just bowed her in shame, accepting her defeat but not wanting to witness it. Then, all she heard next was a big crash…
…Then, she heard the sound of two blades grinding against each other. Hiromi slightly lifted her head to see what had happened, and she completely rose up to find Gaia Dragoon Earth pushing against Sylph A and guarding Dreamer E! She turned to find Daichi at her side and continued to just glare at him, bewildered that he saved her. Daichi turned to her and grinned mischievously as he rubbed under his nose with one free finger. "She told ya not to interfere." Seeing the truth in his words, Hiromi only replied with a warm smile. Suddenly, Gaia Dragoon and Sylph both repelled from each other and, along with Dreamer, they all stopped spinning simultaneously, putting an end to the Beybattle.
After it was all over, Takao and the others quickly ran to both Daichi and Hiromi. "Are you both okay?" Takao asked.
"I'm all right," Daichi replied.
"Takao," Hiromi sighed, staring up at him.
"Hey, you did great out there," Takao nodded.
"Yeah. You've really come along after just one year," Max added.
Hiromi got back on her feet and weakly smiled. "Gee, thanks. I mean it."
"But, where did you get that Holy Beast?" Rei wondered.
"I've been wondering about that, too," Kyouju added. "Hiromi, you said that Holy Beast came alongside your Beyblade. Just who gave it to you?"
Hiromi replied wearily, "My trainer… Yamazaki Nanami."
Reena was picking up her worn-out blade, but she jumped as soon as she heard that name. "Huh? So, you're Nanami's latest trainee?" The Infinitia Revolutions E all faced Reena in intrigue. "You know her?" Hiromi wondered.
"Uh, well…"
"Go ahead and tell them," a voice called. "They would find out eventually."
Everyone turned and found a familiar group approaching them. It was the Saint Generations A, and among them was the girl that trained Hiromi, Yamazaki Nanami!
Takao clenched his fist in hostility and stared down his single rival. "Boss! You here to make trouble again?" Without hesitation, he pulled out his Grip Shooter and aimed his Dragoon Eclipse at him. But, Boss shrugged indifferent and replied, "What makes you think I'm gonna fight you in an already worn-out battleground?"
"Excuse us; we're just here to get Reena," Nanami replied as she bowed respectfully to him.
Caught off guard by Nanami's politeness, Takao blinked in wonder and meekly blushed to himself. Then, Hiromi stepped forward and exclaimed, "Nanami! You can't be… with them!"
"That's right," Boss said. "With Nanami with us, the Saint Generations A team is finally complete."
"What?" Takao gasped.
"You best not get in the way, especially you, Takao. You're playing with some dangerous fire."
"You think I'm just gonna stop because you said?"
Deciding to not say anymore, Boss turned to walk away before he briefly stopped and turned to Reena. "Let's go. We got a plane to catch." With that, all six members of the Saint Generations A joined together and walked on to their next destination.
After their rival team left their sight, Takao scowled and crossed his arms. "What's that guy's problem?"
"Never mind that," Max said. "They said they're going on a plane. So, they must really be heading to Siberia."
"You think a plane for us is ready?" Rei wondered.
"Let's go see the Great Chairman and find out," Kyouju said.
Daichi tilted his head in wonder. "What's a… 'plane'?"
"Oh boy, how long have you been out in the woods, monkey boy?" Takao sighed.
"Hey! Who're you calling a 'monkey boy'?"
Everyone began to leave the plains as well to find the BBA Training Center. The silent Kai was following from behind… until a voice called his name. He continued looking straight ahead, but he was well aware of Fox leaning on a tree nearby. Her deep sapphire eyes reflected the limited rays of light shining through the black shade, and one of his dark ruby pupils gleamed quietly from underneath his gray bangs. Neither of them spoke or moved, but a dark conversation had begun to take place…
Later that night, at Kinomiya Dojo, Takao and everyone were all sound asleep in their separate floor beds. While both Kai and Rei slept calmly and soundlessly, Max slept with both hands and his right leg out from under his blankets while Kyouju spooned over his pillow. And a drooling Daichi was practically sleeping upside-down, his blankets completely thrown off of him. Soon, Takao pulled himself from his slumber and stared up at the ceiling thoughtfully with his hands under his head. "Uehara Banken," he thought. "I wonder what he's really trying to do…" Soon, he noticed that one bed nearby was empty. He sat up and noticed the faint sound of a spinning Beyblade outside.
Underneath the quiet moonlight, Hiromi was sitting silently on the boardwalk, watching her Dreamer Excalibur spinning around the red Beystadium. "So close…" she murmured. As the red blade continued spinning, a familiar silver blade was thrown in and playfully hit its side. Hiromi was briefly startled and looked up to find Takao walking to her. She smiled accusingly and said, "Wise guy." In reply, Dreamer E spun into Dragoon E as payback. Takao chuckled, "You gotta admit, you did pretty good today."
"You think so?" Hiromi smiled.
"Yeah, well, you're not up to my level, but…"
"Heh. Whatever."
"But, you know what? I really think you earned a place in the Infinitia Revolutions E."
"Are you serious?" Hiromi gasped.
"You wanted to get my attention, right?" Takao winked. "You always had it, ya know."
As the two blades tailed each other around and around the stadium, the white dragon and the white unicorn both soared into the magnificent stars of the night sky. As the two shooting stars crossed over the dojo deep in romantic space, Takao and Hiromi both stared up to the sky in quiet solitude…
Thank you… Takao…
The next day, the sky had turned from dark to blue, and the golden sun brought morning to this side of the earth. High above the grand ocean of clouds, a giant plane majestically tore through the soft clouds. Inside the clean, high-maintenance area of 1st class, the Infinitia Revolutions E was quietly settled in the soft comfort of their navy seats… except for Daichi. "Ahh! Get me off of this crazy thing! I'm too high! TOO HIGH!" As he wailed and wailed in paranoia, Kyouju groaned and desperately tried to deal with sitting by the panicked child. Takao, Max, and the Great Chairman stared indifferently at the 'spectacle' while Hiromi was chuckling to herself, obviously enjoying Daichi's suffering. Kai was soundlessly sleeping through it while Rei sat by him, ignoring everything and lost in thought as he stared out the window. "…It is something only the both of us can do…" The voice of his master continued to ring through his head, and Rei continued to ponder over his impending fate…
What are we doing this for?
Master…
NEXT TIME…
Kyouju: I never thought we would come here again… Ahh!
Max: Kyouju's been captured? Who…?
Alex: Max, it's time to finish this! I'll show you what happens when I'm serious!
Hiromi: All of us are being pulled apart! Just where is everyone?
Takao: Hey! My Dragoon Eclipse! It's been… stolen! Rei, what's going on here?
"Revelations Over Fire"
Kai: It's just you and me… Kitsune.
