"Bladers, stand at attention! Today we have a very important visitor with us!" Kris declared to the Bladers seated in the meeting room. "I give you, the owner of the neighboring Bey Club Sunbat United, Akaba Reiji!"

"WHAT?" Yuya, who had been staring at the ceiling, jolted to attention. The last time he saw Akaba Reiji was at the scene of their battle with Zarc, and he had not lifted a finger to help. And he was now the owner of a Bey Club?

Valt turned to Yuya. "You know this guy?"

Of course Valt wouldn't remember. "Yeah, he's from where I come from. He was at the battle against Zarc and Olympia."

"Oh." Valt turned his attention to the front where a man was just walking in. He was very tall for his age and had neat, gray hair. His red-rimmed glasses reflected light half the time so you couldn't see his eyes. He wore a navy sweater with gray pants ending just above his ankles. Around his neck was a long red scarf that was always trailing behind him in the wind. Sometimes Yuya couldn't believe that Reiji was the same age as him.

Behind him was a familiar blonde boy wearing purple robes. Kumicho sputtered while drinking his orange juice. "W-Wakiya!?"

Said boy looked up at Kumicho with a face of surprise, and then disgust. Wakiya turned his attention to Reiji, who had begun speaking. "Thank you for having us, Kristina. We actually came to talk about the upcoming exhibition match between us."

He went over a lot of things, but Yuya barely paid attention. He was just wondering what kind of Bey Reiji had.

"Now, I am aware that it is about time for you all to have lunch, and I will let you go. But I would like a private word with Yuya Sakaki before he leaves. You are dismissed."

Free was walking down the hallway. He had skipped the meeting because Kris had briefed him on what she was going to talk about before anyway. He had no interest in Sunbat United's owner.

He heard some murmuring in a branch of the hallway. He approached it until he could see Yuya with a tall man who he assumed was Akaba Reiji.

"Why are you here?" Yuya had just asked. Free hid himself behind a wall as he continued. "You were at the battle against Olympia and Zarc, but you didn't even do anything."

Reiji sighed. "I didn't have a Bey then."

"Really? I came here with mine already in my pocket!"

"Well, I didn't. Unlike you, when I was sucked in, I didn't have my Deck on me."

Deck?

"What does my Deck have to do with anything?"

"Your Bey is the physical manifestation of your Deck. But that is beside the point."

"Which is…?"

There was a pause, in which Free decided to poke his head out a bit to see what was going on. Reiji sighed. "This may be a bit hard for you, but there is an overwhelming possibility that your father is in this dimension."

Dimension?

Yuya stiffened. "My father?"

"Yes. I have received some signs that he is here, such as some people declaring that they know him. Of course, it could be some other Yusho Sakaki, but-"

"Why would my father be in a different dimension!?" Yuya practically screamed in Reiji's face, surprising the taller male and making him take a step back. Yuya realized his mistake and looked at the floor, shaking. "All this time, I thought...I thought…"

Yuya took a step back. "First of all, how did he get here? Who made him? And why did he choose the one night when…"

Reiji sighed. "I know. It was my mistake. I didn't realize it would affect Maiami City as much as it did." He turned away. "Anyway, I just had to tell you that much. Deal with it however you want, but I strongly caution against looking for him in this state."

"Your mistake?"

"Yes-"

"You made him do this?"

"Yes."

And Reiji left. Yuya just stared at the ground, fists balled, trying not to let tears fall and miserably failing. Free silently walked to his room to think about what he had just heard.

Shu ́s body was on the ground. It physically couldn't stand up. It had been training on its own for the last twelve hours and had finally collapsed.

This gave a chance for the real Shu to speak up.

"Hey, shadowy person. Mind explaining why I am being held hostage in my own mind?" He spoke up to the crumpled shadow in front of him. He was still chained to the wall, but the shadowy person was currently too tired to do anything about him speaking. Any physical activity seemed to take a toll on Shadow. That's what Shu named the person.

Shadow didn't so much as turn to Shu. "...Shut up…"

"Why should I?"

"I'll electrocute you…"

"You can try!" Shu laughed. "Now, why have you taken over my body?"

"I didn't choose to. Your body can handle a lot," Shadow wheezed. "I like this body. I don't think I'll be relinquishing my hold on it anytime soon."

"Why not?"

Shadow growled. "You're really getting on my nerves now, kid."

"So? Not like you can-" Shu was cut off by a searing pain burning in his abdomen. He looked down to see blood...and a knife.

"I still have some tricks up my sleeve," Shadow pulled the blade out of Shu, making him gasp in pain. "I won't let you die just yet. I'd rather have some fun with you…"

Yuya woke up screaming and drenched in sweat. He looked around and all he saw was red. It faded after a few seconds into Valt's concerned face. "You alright?"

Yuya shook his head and got off the bed. "I need some air." He started making his way to the balcony.

He had his hand on the doorknob leading to the balcony when Valt's voice cut him off. "What's going on with Shu?"

Yuya turned back at him and realized that Valt was the only one awake. This wasn't good. "What do you mean?"

"You kept repeating his name while you were tossing and turning…" Valt looked down.

Yuya didn't know what to say. Indeed, he had just had another vision, and he didn't know what to think. He sighed. "Don't worry, just a nightmare. Now go to sleep."

Valt protested. "But what if something happened-"

"He knows how to handle himself," Yuya interrupted, putting on a fake smile. He had mastered them after his father disappeared. "He's probably fine and getting stronger at the Raging Bulls."

Valt yawned. "You're probably right, but still…" He got off Yuya's bed and zombie-walked to his own. "I can't help worrying…"

Yuya just smiled. Valt fell straight asleep. Yuya opened the door to the balcony and walked out, enjoying the cool breeze ruffling his hair. He rested his arms on the railing and looked out over the city.

He just had a horrifying vision of Shu and he didn know what to think. Plus there was the news that Reiji had conveyed to him earlier. His head was swirling with confusion.

Yuya sighed, pulling his goggles over his eyes. It was a habit from when he was younger. When he was feeling sad he would pull his goggles over his eyes to hide his tears. He had never felt that sad during his time in the Beyblade Dimension, but this was definitely an exception. Silent tears streamed down his eyes and collected in his goggles as he thought about meeting his father again.

"You ́re not fooling anyone."

Yuya swiftly turned his head to see a familiar yellow boy sitting on the rooftop. He gave a jolt, quickly pulling off his goggles and dumping the water before facing the boy again. "Free!?"

"In the flesh," Free leaped down from the roof, landing softly on his feet next to Yuya. He went to the railing and looked at the view for a few moments. "I was there."

"Where?"

"When Reiji told you about your father."

"Oh," Yuya turned his attention to the view again. A minute went by without any of them saying anything.

"He was my hero."

Free did not say anything.

Yuya continued. "Where I came from, my father was really famous. He was really good at what he did and always made people smile, even his opponents."

Free cracked a small smile. "You said that was your mission earlier when you battled me."

"Yeah," Yuya nodded. "He was really strong. All that was left was for him to become the Champion, the best in the land. But then he never showed up for the match." Yuya's voice cracked on the last word, making Free look over at him. "I never saw him after that. It was just me and my mom after that. I tried to keep hope that he would come home again but my mom was losing hope rapidly. Eventually, I just accepted the fact that he was, well, dead…"

Yuya wiped a tear from his eye before it could fall. "Now, I know that he is alive. And I know that Reiji told him to come here. I just...I don't know what to think anymore."

A few more beats of silence. "Then why are you thinking?"

"Huh?"

"Instead of thinking, feel what he's feeling."

"And how do I do that?"

Free gave Yuya a deadpan stare. "Why did you come to this Bey Club?"