Song Of Hope: Alright! Now we're getting into Chapter 3! Thanks for the continued support of the rewrite! It makes me feel better about it! Although, now that I think about it, there are a few of things I need to clarify. 1) Ai is not the daughter of the WBBA director. I threw that out the window. 2) She's 12, the same age as Ginga and Madoka. 3) She isn't from Kyoto either. Other than that, I'm not telling! :3 Dequincy, I'm sorry, but I'm not accepting anyone else's OCs. This is a story purely with MY OCs and no one else's. Not to mention, you're a guest reviewer, and I never take OCs from guest reviewers. Sorry about that. R&R

Kyoya, Benkei, and a few other Face Hunters were in a helicopter, on their way to an unknown location. Kyoya seemed to be just fine and was sitting there with his eyes closed, but the other Face Hunters weren't so comfortable about it. In fact, they were all just plain uncomfortable, mostly Benkei.

"It's pretty small in here." Another one nodded.

"Man, I wonder how long until we land." One of them was just freaking out.

"Wh-wh-wh-wh-where are they taking us?" Benkei stood up and turned around to face his leader.

"Kyoya, I demand to know!" He opened his eyes and looked towards Benkei.

"Relax Benkei, we'll find out soon." Benkei didn't sit down.

"I demand-" suddenly, the helicopter shook, and Benkei fell over, falling on his face. When he sat up, there was a large bump on his forehead. "See, this is exactly what I was talking about!" One of them saw something outside.

"What's going on out there Kyoya?!" Kyoya looked outside. They were heading towards a very small and thin circular plateau.

"Where are we?" The helicopters landed, and the Face Hunters got out of one, while the mystery man got out of the other. Said mystery man had sticking up black hair with a single yellow streak in front of his face, violet eyes that had a pair of glasses with hexagonal lenses, and wore a purple suit with yellow buttons. Benkei was looking around.

"This is interesting?" One of the other Face Hunters laughed.

"Yeah, different." Kyoya looked at everything suspiciously before turning his attention to the mystery man.

"Hey man, what's the big idea here buddy, bring us out here to a dump like this?" he simply smiled.

"I thought you were tired of, ha ha, losing. Or do you enjoy losing?" Kyoya glared at him.

"What?!" He looked down at the ground.

"You're not fooling anyone Kyoya. I know about you than you think. You never actually lose, that is true, but there's one opponent you've never managed to defeat." Kyoya's eyes narrowed. The mystery man laughed. "You know exactly who I'm talking about, don't you? That one foes of your, that rival gang. Those 7 girls who stand in your way. What are they called, the Energy Amazons?" Kyoya clenched his fist, growling. "That's right! Even against all of the Face Hunters, they managed to beat you without breaking a sweat. And their leader, the one that they fondly call Lady Naga, you've never beaten her. Of course, neither side will admit to the battles that you and her have gone through, seeing as to every battle you two have fought has ended in a draw." Kyoya started getting really mad.

"What of it?!"

"If you can't defeat her, then you can't even hope to defeat Ai Minasan, Ginga's little friend, let alone Ginga Hagane himself." He reached into his suit jacket. They all got ready for anything, but he pulled out a yellow comb. "I will do all I can to help you win." He started combing his hair. "Everything you need will be prepared for you. What do you think? This is definitely not a bad deal, huh?"

"But there must be something in it for you then. Otherwise, you wouldn't have done such careful research just to figure out how to press my buttons, speaking of which, you'll need more than my battle history to get to me!" He laughed.

"How right you are. What I want is for you to become stronger, and for you to defeat Ginga!" Kyoya growled.

"Ginga?! Him again?!"

Ginga was standing over Madoka's shoulder, watching her repair Pegasis.

"Are you done yet? You done yet?!" She was starting to get annoyed.

"Hang on a sec." She put Pegasis through the scanner, and he came back all good. She smiled. "Yep, the joints are all green. Okay, tune up is complete!" He smiled at her.

"Thanks Madoka! You've done a great job!" He picked Pegasis up and started rubbing him on his cheek. "Yep! Hasn't she Pegasis?!" He started using baby talk. "Who's a good little Beyblade? You are, yes you are!" she sighed.

"Oh boy." They walked back upstairs. "Uh, yeah, anyway, I think you'll remember how I kept telling you not to battle?"

"Uh huh."

"Thanks to you, tuning up Pegasis took way longer than normal." He smiled and held up Pegasis.

"But now Pegasis is in perfect shape, right?" Madoka sighed.

"Well, theoretically, yes, but don't do anything rash. Increase your pace gradually, you follow?" He was completely ignoring her.

"Oh yeah! I'm getting fired up now! I'm smoking! I'm hot! I'm burning up! I'm ready for a bunch of battles!" Madoka sighed.

"He's not listening."

"Then release some of that heat on me Ginga!" They looked towards the door, which Kenta came through. "Teach me to be a hot Beyblader!" Ginga looked uncomfortable.

"Um, but." Kenta was being extremely enthusiastic.

"But nothing! I'm fiery, I can do it! I wanna become strong like you and Ai! That's why I need to be trained by you, and only you!" He giggled. Ginga looked lost for words.

"Kenta." Kenta ran up to him.

"What's wrong? Hurry up and teach me!"

"Well, it's just that-"

"Wait a minute!" Kenta's three friends came in. The tall, skinny one was excited.

"You've been holding out on us Kenta!" They all spoke together.

"We want Beyblade training from Ginga too!" They all tackled him.

"Come on, train me!"

"No, train me! You guys go ask Ai!"

"Ginga, Ginga, teach me about Beyblade!" In the tussle, several things were knocked off the shelves, and a few things were broken. Madoka blew up.

"DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A BATTLE FIELD TO YOU?! IF YOU WANNA BATTLE, GO TO BEY PARK! DID YOU HEAR ME?! DO YOU FOLLOW?! NOW! VAMOOSE! SCRAM! GET OUT!"

Ai was in a dressing room, trying on a pink off the shoulder loose top with a white spaghetti strap shirt underneath, black shorts, and red ballet flats with white ankle socks. The pocket of her normal pants started buzzing, so she grabbed her phone and answered it, using her right shoulder to hold the phone up to her ear.

"Hello, Ai Minasan speaking?"

"Ai, hey, it's me, Madoka." Her face lit up into a smile.

"Oh, Madoka, hey! Funny you should call right now! I'm shopping for some new clothes! You should join me! I'd love to pay for a new outfit or two for you. I was going through the shirts department and grabbed a blue ruffled shirt that I found. I didn't like it on me much, but it would look totally great on you!" She held up the shirt, looking at it in the dressing room mirror. "I think we're the same size, so it should fit you too!"

"Um, Ai, I was just calling to give you a warning." Her face went from smiling to curious.

"Warning? About what?"

"The boys trashed the B-Pit in a fight." Ai smiled to herself.

"Oh, so that's the issue? What happened?" She held up a red short with a black over thing up to herself. "Wait, which boys? There's the two I actually know, and then there's all the boys down at Bey Park."

"It was Kenta, Ginga, Osamu, Takashi, and Akira. Osamu's the bigger boy with brown hair, Takashi's the tall boy with sandy blonde hair, and then Akira's that average sized boy with blue hair."

"I think I know who you're talking about. So what happened? Did Ginga start a battle in the middle of the store? It wouldn't surprise me if he did. He's nearly started battles inside of non-WBBA regulated building before."

"Um, no. Kenta, Osamu, Takashi, and Akira were trying to get him to train them. Kenta actually said 'no fair guys! I found him first' as if he was a toy or something." Ai burst out laughing, dropping the shirt.

"I'm sorry, but that's too funny." Then, it hit her. "Wait, did they say anything about me?"

"No, not really. They did say to each other to go to you so that they could have Ginga." A dark aura surrounded her head. "Hello? Ai."

"Oh, so they said that, did they?"

"It's not upsetting, is it?" She started clutching a hanger tightly, one that had just had a dark blue dress on it that she was now holding in the other hand with two fingers.

"Oh, not really. It's just that I saved Kenta from the Face Hunters at the same time as Ginga, I defeat half of the 100 Beys for sure, and I save Sagittario from falling from the top of a giant skyscraper and breaking into teeny tiny bits and pieces!" Suddenly, the hanger broke in her hands. Her dark aura disappeared as she looked at it in shock.

"Ai, are you alright?" She waved her hand in the air.

"I'm fine, I'm fine!"

"Well, I was just letting you know. If Ginga refuses, they might go after you next." Suddenly, her eyes lit up.

"Is that so?" In her mind, she was thinking of being chased around by Kenta and his three friends.

"Teach us about Beyblade! Pretty please!" She smiled and laughed playfully.

"Oh boys, I would love to, but Beyblade isn't like that!"

"Then tell us! Tell us great Ai Minasan!"

"Ai? AI!" She snapped out of it.

"Huh, what?"

"Just remember, watch out for the boys. Although, I'm sure Ginga will teach them." Suddenly, the image in her mind shattered.

"Alright then. Good-bye." She hung up the phone and sighed. "Why am I always second to Ginga?" Then, something hit her. "Wait, Ginga can't teach them!" She smiled, but then she went back to looking sad and depressed. "But then again, he'll explain why, and they won't even bother coming to me." She sighed, but then smiled again, holding up a green shirt. "Well, all troubles and worries can be soothed by buying the right shirt!"

Kenta, Osamu, Takashi, Akira, and Ginga were walking down the street. Kenta sighed.

"Man, that Madoka's touchy. We hardly broke anything!"

"Well, you really can't blame her. It's her dad's store. If he saw it like that, then she'd get in trouble, not us." Osamu nodded.

"That's true. At least we helped her clean up. Then again, she insisted. Oh well, let's get going to Bey Park!" Kenta looked up optimistically at Ginga.

"Now you'll train me, right Ginga? Huh?" Osamu, Takashi, and Akira nodded.

"Us too!" Ginga looked uncomfortable.

"See, I have a dentist appointment, and my toenails need clipping, and, um, ah."

"They do?"

"Sorry, but I've gotta go." He ran off. "We'll talk Beys another time!" They were all pretty disappointed as he ran off.

"Ginga Hagane you say? Why are you after him?" The mystery man's mask didn't fall. His face remained the same expression.

"That is none of your concern. Let's just say that I'm not a fan of his either." Kyoya's look of suspicion never changed.

"And why is that?" His fake smiled was still present, to the point of creepiness. His face, more his arm movements showed any real emotion or self-expression other than pride and hate.

"That is privileged information. However, if you work with us and be a good boy, you might actually get to hear the whole story. How does that sound my young friend?" Kyoya's face showed his obvious feeling of being insulted.

"You know how that sounds?"

"How?"

"Sounds like you've been wasting my time!" He started walking away. "We're out of here." The other Face Hunters started going with him. The man simply sneered.

"Well, I guess that attitude is to be expected from you. Go ahead, retreat! Pack up and go empty handed like you did when you lost your battle with Ginga." Kyoya stopped. "Oh, and should I mention all those battles you had with Lady Naga?" Kyoya turned around, glaring.

"What did you say?! How dare you! I didn't run away! I never run, and I will defeat that pathetic Ginga and that sissy Naga!" The man smirked.

"Really, is that so?" Kyoya looked determined.

"Those fights are between me and Ginga, and me and Naga. I'm not going to lend my talents to the likes of you, stretch, and the next time you're looking for help, maybe you should start with Pretty Please!" The man's smirk didn't leave.

"Help? You just don't get it, do you Junior? Here's a news flash for you! The only one around here who needs help is you! You're the loser, remember?" Kyoya's pride was acting up, causing him to get really angry.

"Watch it big mouth!" One of the Face Hunters nodded.

"Yeah, watch it!" Benkei nodded, taking a step forward.

"Or answer to these 24 inch pythons!" The man's resolve stayed with him, not wavering in the slightest.

"I only spoke the truth. As it stands, Kyoya here wouldn't be able to defeat my Aunt Claire in pinnacle! I'm saying that I could make you a winner! It's very simple really. Even you should be able to understand it. Just zip it and do as I say" Now Kyoya was pissed.

"Who do you think you are buddy?! I don't take orders!" Now the mystery man was getting cocky.

"Oh, don't take it so personally! No need to be down on yourself. I think you have great potential. If you follow my instructions, you should be able to become a Blader who surpasses even Ginga Hagane. Once you know you've surpassed him, then your victory against this Naga-sama is assured." Kyoya's glare intensified at her name, but he calmed down.

"You must think you spin a pretty bad Blade if you're talking down to people like that." He smirked.

"As a matter of fact, I do." Now, Kyoya found his means to prove the guy wrong.

"Prove it then!" He held out his Rock Leone. "Battle with this!" The mystery man laughed.

"I thought it might come to this. But if you lose in return, I expect you to-" Kyoya cut him off.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah! If you beat me, I'll listen to whatever you blame on about." He pushed his glasses up onto his face more.

"Please don't forget those words." He grabbed into his suit to grab his Bey, but Benkei and the others got in front of Kyoya first.

"Here's a little warm up for you!" They all launched their Beys. He chuckled.

"Okay." Suddenly, his face became maniacal. "EAT BEYBLADE BOYS!" he launched a red Bey at them. In two attacks, he defeated all of them, leaving deep scratches like wolf's claws on them. One of them sank to the ground.

"Come on man! That's not fair!" Benkei looked down at his Heat Leone, picking it up and observing the damage.

"What?! This is just, ugh!" Benkei was speechless. The mystery man laughed as his Bey came back to his hand. Benkei was shocked. "What?! A Dark Wolf?!" The other Face Hunters looked confused.

"Dark Wolf?" Benkei was too shocked to even turn to the Face Hunter who had spoken.

"Yeah, stay with the tour! It's got equal amounts of Attack, Defense, and Stamina! It's the ultimate Balance Type Beyblade!" The mystery man looked pleasantly surprised.

"Oh, so someone's been doing his homework!" Benkei got mad at that and turned towards Kyoya.

"Kyoya, get this guy!" He had his eyes closed, thinking about the battle.

"We'll see how ultimate that thing is!" He put together his Launcher, Launcher Grip, and Bey Pointer. "Something like that is no match for my Rock Leone!" He put Rock Leone on the Launcher as he said that. He looked up at the sky. "Not to mention, the conditions are perfect!" He smirked. The mystery man called out to him.

"What are you waiting for?!" He held out his Launcher and Bey. "3-!"

"2-!"

"1-! LET IT RIP!"

Osamu and Takashi were battling, but it wasn't very fun for either of them, especially since it ended in a draw. Osamu grabbed his Bey.

"Just can't find my groove today, you know what I mean?" Takashi nodded.

"Yeah. Would've been awesome if Ginga were here to teach us more Beyblading moves." He reached down to get his Bey. Kenta was distracted in his battle with Akira.

"Ginga." Sagittario was then easily knocked out of the stadium by Heat Raven.

"What do you think you're doing Kenta?" Kenta seemed apathetic.

"I'm sorry." He went to get Sagittario, still deep in thought. "They're right. Ginga came to this town to find new challenges, and so did Ai. It would be silly if a Blader like him would consider us as worthy to be his opponents. He battles really strong Bladers like Kyoya, and he's beaten him already, so there's not much of a challenge for him here." Suddenly, it hit him. "Does that mean he's already left for the next town, after I've just made friends with him? If he hasn't gone already, he will soon if he doesn't find any competition. No! I can't let that happen!" Takashi spoke up.

"This is boring." Akira nodded.

"Let's get out of here." Osamu looked at Kenta.

"Kenta, come on." He was still deep in thought.

"I've got to do something! I've got to do something!" He looked at his Sagittario and came up with an idea. "That's it!"

Ai was walking out of a store, shopping bags on her arms. She smiled as she walked through the street, singing to herself.

"Shopping! Shopping! I just love shopping!" Suddenly, she heard cries from an alley. It was from a young boy.

"Hey, leave my Bey alone! I lost already!" She looked in the alley, hiding behind the building, so that only her head was seen. Three girls in robes, one wearing a pink robe, one wearing a red robe, and the other wearing a green robe, were surrounding a little boy. Three brightly colored Beys, one pink, one red, the other green, were attacking a not spinning Bey. All three of them would've towered over Ai. The one wearing a green robe laughed.

"You think we care?! You couldn't be farther from the truth!" The little boy was crying.

"Please stop! That's my precious Bey! It's the thing I treasure the most!" He held up Pointer. "Here, take all my points! I don't care! Just quit attacking my Bey!" The one in a red robe laughed.

"We don't care about Points! We care about crushing our opponents!" The one in pink nodded, the movement barely visible underneath the hood they wore.

"And that means crushing you!" The boy started full on bawling. Ai couldn't stand it.

"Hey!" They turned towards her, their faces still covered in darkness. "What do you think you're doing?! Once the battle is over, you stop! You don't keep attacking an opponent that's already down and beaten! Doing something like that means you're not a true Blader! You Face Hunters are all the same, aren't you, tormenting younger opponents?!" The one in red laughed.

"She thinks we're those pathetic, wanna-be Bladers!" The pink one laughed as well.

"We're nothing like those losers!" Underneath the cowl of her hood, the one in green smirked.

"Obviously, you have no idea who we are." She summoned the green Bey to her hand, which had a fingerless glove similar to Kyoya's, but with pyramid studs and black. "I am Lady Naga, leader of the Energy Amazons!" She held out her Bey. "This is my partner, Icicle Leoness!" The red one held out her hand and the red Bey came to her hand.

"I am Dengen, second in command of the Energy Amazons with Nightmare Lupa!" The one in pink summoned the pink Bey to her hand.

"I am Tsuyo, the strongest of the Energy Amazons, and this is my partner, Midnight Artemis!" Ai glared at them, looking intensely at their Beyblades as if she was studying them.

"Well, I am Ai Minasan," she took out her Bey, "and this is my partner, Heart Andromeda!" Lady Naga laughed.

"Andromeda? Who would want a Bey from such a weak power?" Ai started getting mad.

"What'd you say?!" Lady Naga laughed.

"Andromeda, the princess chained to a rock. She couldn't even save herself, and needed Perseus to save her! She couldn't even save herself from her marriage until Perseus came along!" Ai glared at her.

"But the story of Andromeda is a story of true love! Love is one of the most powerful things in the world, and it's the love of Beyblade that allows us to fight, to win!" Lady Naga laughed, her laugh so high pitched that it was extremely irritating and hurtful to the ear. Ai had to cover up both ears, and thought to herself, "why do they call her Lady when she sounds like that?!" Lady Naga stopped laughing.

"Your own efforts and your own power, plus how well put together your Bey is, is what determines winning and losing. The one with the most power commands their Bey the best and wins. It's that simple." Ai shook her head.

"No, it's not! The power of a Bey comes from the Blader's Spirit! It comes from the feeling of wanting to win, and from the love of Beyblade! It has nothing to do with personal power!" A dangerous green glint came from underneath Lady Naga's hood, presumably from her eyes.

"Is that so? Well then, why don't you prove it in a match against my two best Bladers? If you manage to win, we'll let this little boy go." Ai narrowed her eyes.

"What if I lose?" Lady Naga laughed.

"Isn't it obvious? You'll forsake your Bey!" Her eyes widened, but then she glared at them.

"Fine, but Andromeda and I won't lose!" Lady Naga laughed.

"Alright then." She nodded at Tsuyo and Dengen. They put their Beys in their Launchers. Lady Naga held up three fingers. "3, 2, 1."

"LET IT RIP!"

Dark Wolf and Rock Leone clashed fiercely against each other. Benkei was cheering on Kyoya.

"Go Kyoya!" The other Face Hunters were cheering him on as well.

"Get 'em!" Kyoya looked more determined than ever.

"Strike him Leone!" Leone attacked Wolf multiple times. The mystery man looked interested. Leone flung Wolf up into the air, but it landed on the top of a rock. Kyoya smirked.

"Huh, so this is the power of the Balance Type? Obviously, a Balance Type has no weak points to take advantage of, but that also means it can't have as strong of attack powers as Pegasis! Speaking of attack powers," Leone started charging at the rock Wolf was on top of, "I'll finish this with one," Leone ran into the rock, crushing it into bit, "blow!" Wolf went flying through the air. "GO LEONE!" A strong tornado surrounded Leone. Benkei, as well as the other Face Hunters, was excited.

"Here it is! This is Kyoya's Special Move!"

"LION GALE FORCE WALL!" The Lion Gale Force Wall sent Wolf gracefully flying towards the mystery man's feet.

"Twisting up surrounding wind to form a whirlwind wall. It should be an impressive defense technique, shouldn't it? But when I see it, it just looks like a pitiful lion trapped in a cage." Kyoya looked extremely pissed.

"Did I hear you right?!" The mystery man went in to push Kyoya's buttons.

"How do you plan to beat me without starting an attack yourself?" It was working. His taunts were getting to Kyoya.

"Don't think Leone only had defensive skills! HOWL! LEONE! ATTACK LEONE! LION 100 FANG FURY!" Leone started breaking apart rocks on the ground, using the wind to fling them at Wolf. Wolf, for the most part, dodged them, but one rock managed to hit it. "I won't let you get off that easy!" Leone started flinging more rocks at Wolf. It dodged for the most part, but got hit a couple of times. The Face Hunters were cheering him on, but the mystery man's smile became malicious.

"I see young man. You made good use of the rocky terrain to back your efforts. You might just be smarter than I thought." Kyoya's confidence was evident in his smirk.

"Your first mistake was bringing me here. Your second, underestimating me and my Leone."

"Really?" Kyoya growled a little in surprise. "I just want to know one thing. Is that all you've got?" Kyoya started getting more and more pissed as the mystery man kept talking.

"Give me a break! You're the one who's finished!" The mystery man chuckled to himself his eyes closed.

"Ah, so you didn't understand after all." He opened his eyes. "The reason I choose this location was to give myself a slight disadvantage. It was the least I could do for a weaker opponent." Kyoya couldn't believe his ears.

"What was that?" The man's smiled didn't leave, it's eeriness still there.

"It's sad that you thought that you could win with a move like that. Time to put you out of your misery! Now Kyoya, I will show you the true fearsomeness of the wolf!" It was as if the mystery man's Bey had turned into a wolf itself. Kyoya growled in frustration and anger.

Ginga was lying on the grass by the banks of the stream that went through town. He was sighing, thinking about earlier.

"A Beyblade coach, huh?" He thought about how everyone had asked him to train them right before he left. "Is it my own fault?" Suddenly, he heard steps beside him. He looked up at the source and saw Kenta.

"Hey Ginga, I have a request for you." Ginga thought it was heading to where they were going earlier, and stood up to try and explain to Kenta.

"Kenta, sorry. I, I can't really coach." Kenta held up Sagittario.

"Come on and battle with me. Let's have a man to man battle!" Ginga was shocked at Kenta's sudden wish.

"Huh?! You're talking about a serious battle? Where's this coming from Kenta?" Kenta still looked really serious.

"Please Ginga."

"But, Kenta!" Ginga saw how serious Kenta was and smiled.

"Okay then, but I won't go easy on you, alright?" Kenta smiled excitedly.

"Okay! That's exactly what I want!" Kenta started thinking to himself as they got ready for a battle. "Ginga's searching for strong opponents. I just need to win against him, or, at the very least, make it an even match." Ginga held up his launcher.

"Here we go! On 31!" Kenta held up his Launcher.

"2-!"

"1-! LET IT RIP!" They both launched their Beys. Ginga launched his perfectly, but Sagittario was wobbling a lot. Ginga noticed that as he looked down at the Beys.

"A miss-shoot." He looked up. "Kenta-" he stopped, noticing Kenta's determined face. "Wait a second, this is still a real man-to-man battle. This isn't the time to be worrying about my opponent!" Ginga smirked. "If I don't give it my all, it'll be disrespectful to Kenta! COME ON PEGASIS!" Pegasis went in for a direct attack. Kenta looked prepared.

"Here it comes!" Pegasis attacked Sagittario and sent it flying. "Not finished yet! You can do it Sagittario!" Sagittario landed safely on the ground, still wobbling. Kenta looked pleased. "Sagittario!" Ginga smiled.

"You can take a punch Kenta, but this is where it ends." Pegasis went in for another attack. He hit Sagittario, but Sagittario went off the ground a little bit, then landed, still spinning. Ginga was extremely shocked. "HUH?!" Kenta smiled.

"Alright!" Ginga was still trying to figure it out, a bit distraught.

"The attack from Pegasis didn't finish it?! What's going on here?!" Pegasis repeatedly attacked Sagittario, but it didn't stop spinning. Suddenly, it hit Ginga. "I get it! Kenta didn't miss-shoot! He purposely made it spin so that at the moment it's attacked the point of impact is shifted slightly. So, by avoiding being directly hit, the power of the attack is reduced, and when it lands on the ground, it's somehow able to hold on." He smiled. "That's not bad Kenta!" Kenta gave a single nod.

"Normally I would've lost with a Stadium Out right away." Ginga nodded.

"But there is no stadium here, so the competition is, which one will stop spinning first, right?" Kenta smiled.

"Mm hm! The only way a Stamina Type, like Sagittario, can win is to create a drawn out battle!" Ginga couldn't stop smiling.

"Interesting. So, will Pegasis's raw power win, or will Sagittario's stamina take the day? I guess it's time to find out Kenta! Get in there Pegasis!" Pegasis went in and started attacking Sagittario once again. Kenta was thinking to himself.

"If I hold on like this, Pegasis's stamina should definitely give out first. I just have to hang on, as long as I can deliver one good attack. The question is, how long can Sagittario withstand constant assaults from Pegasis?" Even with the doubts, his resolution didn't dissolve. "A Bey's strength comes from the heart! You can do it Sagittario! DON'T GIVE UP!"

"GO ANDROMEDA!" Andromeda went to attack the two Beys, but they split apart from each other, so Andromeda hit nothing. Ai's eyes narrowed. "I can't use brute force like I did when I fought those Face Hunters. They weren't smart, and attacked at the same time from the same direction. These girls, however, understand that Beyblade isn't a battle of brute force, but a strategic game as well as power based, and victory is determined by the Blader's Spirit of course, but I don't know if they know that. Not to mention their Beys themselves have a good combination of parts. The Nightmare Fusion Wheel and the Midnight Fusion Wheel's designs are good for attacking while making it easy to defend against hits back. But I didn't get a change to see their Spin Tracks or their Performance Tips, so I don't know what all they can do or what type of Bey they really are. I can't figure out a strategy for the situation!" Tsuyo laughed.

"You're pathetic! You can't even decide how to attack us!" Ai growled. "ARTEMIS!"

"LUPA!" Both of the Beys came in from the sides and attacked Andromeda, sending her up in the air. Dengen laughed. "The power of Andromeda is pathetic!" Ai growled.

"I'll show you that you don't know what you're talking about! ANDROMEDA!" Andromeda landed and went to attack them, but they scattered again. Tsuyo smirked underneath the cowl of her hood.

"Useless. Your methods are useless." Dengen nodded.

"You'll never be able to win against an untrained monkey like that." Lady Naga smiled.

"It's true. If you can't beat these two together, you could never beat Kyoya, and therefore, you'll never be able to beat me!"

"LUPA!"

"ARTEMIS!" The two Beys came in for an attack. The attacks hit Andromeda, and Ai couldn't stop it. She growled as they went together, near a wall.

"They know the game too well. It's as if Blading, or at the very least fighting, is an essential part of their DNA." She looked closely at the battle, but didn't notice anything, so she went for it. "GO ANDROMEDA!" This time, they didn't only separate, but they made it so that Andromeda would hit a wall. It made a bust hole, and caused a lot of damage for Andromeda. Naga-sama laughed.

"You're pathetic. We have a policy not to attack women, but you can hardly call yourself female if you act so much like a brainless man!" Ai looked up at her.

"Why? Why do you attack boys then? Why do you hurt kids, even those like this one," she demanded to know as she motioned her arm towards the little boy. "Why are you acting like this?!" Tsuyo laughed.

"You really don't know?" Dengen smirked, crossing her arms over her chest.

"You're a fool, just like a man." Ai growled.

"Again with the men thing?! What's your problem?!" Lady Naga laughed.

"Why don't you focus more on the battle in front of you rather than your curiosity for what we do?" Ai growled.

"There's gotta be a reason! People don't act senselessly like that! Every action has a story behind it, and I intend to find it out!" Naga-sama's eyes turned into a dark red glare underneath her hood.

"Do you really want to know? Do you honestly want to hear my life's story? Trust me, it's not a happy one, and it'll make your tiny little stupid and innocent heart break. But my life's story isn't the reason behind what I do." Tsuyo nodded.

"It's much bigger than me." Dengen nodded.

"And it's bigger than me. The only person who could possibly achieve our goal is our great Naga-sama." Ai looked freaked out.

"So what, you're a cult or something?!" Lady Naga's eyes glinted.

"Not exactly. We have a mission, a purpose. We're not just out for power. Now, you should focus on your battle." Ai growled. "Your pathetic princess isn't doing so well. You don't know how to attack them. You can't be in two places at once." Suddenly, it hit her.

"That's right! I keep going after the both of them! I just need to get rid of one of them, then the other!" She smirked. "I know exactly how to attack you. GO ANDROMEDA!" Andromeda sped up so all that was seen was a pink light. She headed straight for Nightmare Lupa, but Dengen chuckled.

"Darkness Howling Scream." Tsuyo smirked underneath her hood.

"Moonlight Hidden Shield." Suddenly, a piercing noise came through the air. Ai covered her ears.

"My ears! What is this noise?!" She looked down at the battle. "Andromeda!" Andromeda was majorly wobbling. Lady Naga laughed.

"Painful if you're not used to it, right? I guess I should've told you before you accepted the battle, Nightmare Lupa and Midnight Artemis are the perfect partners, as well as Dengen and Tsuyo." Dengen nodded.

"Darkness Howling Scream makes a sonic vibration that messes up the rotation and the balance of a Bey." Tsuyo nodded.

"And Moonlight Hidden Shield is a Special Move that negates the affects of vibrations of any sort, sound or otherwise." Lady Naga nodded.

"So the only thing affected by any of this is your Bey." They all laughed. Ai glared, her hands still over her ears.

"I have to think of something, quick!"

The mystery man was laughing.

"Go now Wolf! Show them your stuff! Give this clown a taste of your true power!" Wolf charged towards Leone.

"That's just perfect! ROAR LEONE!" The winds around Leone became more intense. Wolf clashed with the winds and was sent backwards. Wolf jumped up a rock, but then Leone came closer and the winds sent Wolf flying. Wolf started running away from Leone and the tornado around him, but then suddenly turned around and started going in circles around Leone. "What are you running from?!" The Face Hunters were confused too.

"But the enemy isn't able to attack inside the Gale Force Wall!" One of the others smiled.

"He talks a big talk, but can he walk the Beyblade walk?" The Face Hunters started laughing, but Benkei glared at them.

"Zip it! Something's wrong!" Benkei looked closer at Wolf and realized something. "It's not that it isn't attacking! It's using the power of the winds that Leone created to increase the speed of its own rotation!" it was news to Kyoya.

"What was that?!" The mystery man smirked.

"Even if you've noticed by now, it's already too late! Brace yourselves gentlemen. This is Dark Wolf's Special Move." Dark Wolf started charging directly at Leone. "DARKNESS HOWLING BLAZER!" Wolf broke through the tornado, shocking everyone, especially Benkei.

"It sliced through the wind!" Kyoya made a noise in frustration. Wolf attacked Leone once and sent it flying to Kyoya's feet, no longer moving. Kyoya fell to his knees in shock.

"Th-that's so twisted." The mystery man simply smirked as he called back his Dark Wolf.

"That was quite a battle." Kyoya picked up Leone.

"But-but you!" he looked up at him. "If you have this much power, why don't you battle Ginga yourself?" He completely ignored what Kyoya asked.

"I'll make sure you keep the promise you made.

Pegasis was still attacking Sagittario, even though it was sunset. Ginga smiled.

"Wow, you're totally hanging in there Kenta!" Kenta was tired and breathing heavily.

"Thanks. Beyblading is about heart. It's all over if you don't keep your emotions in check." Ginga smiled, but then he had a serious look on his face. "As expected, Pegasis is reaching its limit. This will decide it. Strike with all the power you have left!" Pegasis charged directly at Sagittario. "GO PEGASIS!" Kenta looked at Pegasis.

"This is his final attack! If we can just endure this-!" Pegasis attacked Sagittario and it went flying. "Hang in there Sagittario! Keep battling!" Sagittario landed on the smooth side of a stone staircase, still spinning. Pegasis was majorly wobbling, which Kenta took note of. "Now GO SAGITTARIO!" Sagittario straightened itself and started charging towards Pegasis, attacking it and sending it flying. Kenta started cheering. "Alright! My Sagittario beat Pegasis!"

"Not so fast Kenta!" Kenta was confused, but then a small glimmer appeared in the sky. "What is that?!" Suddenly, that glimmer turned into Pegasis falling down and surrounded by blue. Kenta realized what was going on. "Pegasis Star Blast Attack!" Pegasis landed hard on Sagittario. When Pegasis got off of Sagittario, Sagittario had stopped spinning. Kenta fell to his knees "That's it. I lost this one. I couldn't do it after all. I'm just no match for you Ginga." Ginga walked over to him.

"But you did great Kenta! Luckily, I still had my Special Move at the end there. That's the only thing that let me win the battle." Kenta stood up.

"But, if I lost, then there was no point, and if there aren't any strong opponents, you will just, you will just go off somewhere else again, right?! If you go, then there's no way Ai will stay either!" Ginga was shocked.

"What?!"

"I don't want that! Please Ginga, I'll try harder, I will! I'll become strong enough so I won't lose to you, so please don't leave this town! I don't want you, or Ai to go! If you go, then she's definitely gonna leave!" Ginga looked really confused.

"Did you say leave? I never said anything about leaving this place!" Kenta looked confused.

"Huh? But-" Ginga cut him off, turning towards the stream.

"I told you, I've taken a liking to this town, didn't I?" He turned back towards Kenta. "I don't have any plans to leave right now." Kenta still looked confused.

"What, really? But if that's the case, I don't understand! Before, you wouldn't consider even training us, so, I was sure that, that…" Ginga scratched the back of his head.

" Oh, that. Listen Kenta, with Beyblade, you just can't be taught how to become any stronger, you know? The Bey's strength," he put his hand on his heart, "is decided right here," he took his hand off his heart, "from wanting to win more than anything, like you did Kenta." Kenta looked shocked and amazed.

"You mean like me?" Ginga nodded.

"Yes. That's why I was having a hard time saying I couldn't coach you." He put his hand on the side of his head and rubbed it, his eyes closed and smiling. "Sorry. It seems I caused a bit of a misunderstanding." Kenta smiled.

"Oh, so that's what it was! I feel better now Ginga." Ginga nodded.

"Yeah. If it means a battle like this one, I'm more than happy to stay. I don't mind wanting to hang around somebody who wants to win so badly. Thanks to you, I was able to find another rival that gets my spirit all fired up!" Kenta smiled and nodded once.

"Alright Ginga!" Ginga laughed a little.

"Besides, I think Ai feels the same, but her being here doesn't depend on me. Besides, she's probably doing something really fun that'll keep her here too!"

Ai still couldn't figure out her way out, and it was sunset. Andromeda had managed to hang on for this long and avoided getting attacked more, but Andromeda was at the very limit of its power.

"Calm down Ai. You'll figure it out. Just don't get upset. If your emotions get out of control, then your Bey gets out of control. With Andromeda being so weak right now, I can't afford to do something like that. She's at the very limit of her power, and the slightest stupid move, and I'll lose, and they'll destroy that little boy's Bey! I have to win!" Tsuyo laughed.

"If only your pathetic Bey could fly away. Too bad, your Bey would be too weak to do something like that." Suddenly, it hit her.

"That's it! Go up!" Ai smirked. "If you guys think that will work against my Andromeda, you're wrong! GO ANDROMEDA!" Andromeda went up a wall, literally. It was sticking to the wall. Lady Naga was in shock.

"What?!" Ai smirked.

"Andromeda's special Spiked Eternal Sharp Performance Tip allows it to go on any granular surface, including going up a brick wall. It has a special design on it that locks it in with it!" Naga-sama smirked underneath the cowl of her hood.

"Impressive, but how will that help save you?" Ai smirked.

"By doing this! HIT 'EM HARD ANDROMEDA!" Andromeda suddenly pushed itself off the wall, landing directly on top of Lupa. Dengen was in shock.

"No way!" Andromeda got off of Lupa, and Lupa stopped spinning. "How could such a weak Beyblade defeat my powerful Lupa?!" Ai smirked.

"Because, you do not understand the feelings of your Bey! All you understand is its power! Without being able to understand the feelings of it, you'll never be able to win against me!" Tsuyo smirked.

"Is that so?" Artemis went straight for Andromeda. "Beys don't have feelings! Attack now Artemis!" Ai shook her head.

"If you won't listen, then I'll show you! ANDROMEDA!" A pink aura came from Ai, as well as Andromeda. Too fast for Tsuyo to dodge, Andromeda attacked it, and sent Artemis flying. Lady Naga glared at Ai underneath her cowl.

"Fine, you may have won this time, but for future reference, I don't believe anything that you've said!" They disappeared. Ai looked around in shock.

"Where'd they go?!" The little boy ran up to her, hugging her legs.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" Suddenly, a voice was calling out.

"Kenji! Kenji!" The boy's eyes widened.

"Mommy!" Ai smiled and picked him up.

"Come on, let's get you to your mother." Ai walked out of the alley. From on top of a building, Lady Naga smiled.

"Girls, good job at making it looked like you were putting up an actual fight. The Special Move thing was great. You nearly won for a little bit there, but you managed to lose perfectly in a believable way. you knew she could climb up walls, didn't you Dengen?" Dengen smiled.

"I could tell from the shape her Performance Tip made when it spun," said Dengen with a smile. "It hurts to loose, but anything for you Lady Naga, and our great purpose."

"I'll gladly do anything you ask of me," said Tsuyo in agreement, "even give up Beyblade." Lady Naga nodded and smiled.

"I would never ask that of you, but I'm glad to know that." Dengen nodded.

"That's why you're the leader." Lady Naga smirked, a dangerous green glint in her eyes.

"She has no idea about anything. Although it's a shame to let that boy go, it's necessary for our overall plan. When she realizes that the Blader's Soul, or whatever it's called, does nothing, then she'll realize the truth. When she knows that truth in her heart, she will not become one of us, but she will join our cause. I will show her this truth with my Icicle Leoness!" Lady Naga pulled off her hood. Her face was pointed, graceful, with tanned skin and wide green eyes. Her hair was bob length, black with green highlights and bangs of the same sort. Dengen pulled off her hair to reveal her face of a rounded grace, her waist length black hair with red highlights, darker, but not tanned, skin, and red eyes. Tsuyo revealed her sharp features with black hair with pink streaks and curls at the ends of each hair, which made it appear shoulder length, her tanned skin, and her pink eyes. They all laughed.

It was nighttime. The Face Hunters were walking to the warehouse without Kyoya. Benkei looked disappointed as he sat down.

"Talk about a losing streak. I can't believe Kyoya lost to that guy too!" One of them nodded.

"And who knows where Kyoya is now." One of the others looked towards Benkei.

"Well, what are we supposed to do now, huh? Benkei!" Benkei looked sadly at them.

"There's nothing to do. Kyoya lost the battle, so he had no choice but to go with that guy. We just have to wait for him to contact us." One of the others nodded.

"Well, that's true." Benkei was thinking to himself.

"But, I'd still like to know who that guy is, and where in the world he took Kyoya."

Ai walked into the B-Pit. Madoka was at the front.

"Hey Ai, we're actually closing." Ai nodded, holding up Andromeda.

"Yeah, but I was in a really tough battle earlier, and I'd like for you to take a look at Andromeda." She handed her to Madoka.

"Sure, no problem, but what kind of a battle?" Ai sighed and sat down in a conveniently located chair.

"I face these weirdos called the Energy Amazons. They were really fierce Bladers, well, two of them at least. I fought two girls who called themselves Dengen and Tsuyo, but there's no way those are their real names. I didn't battle their leader, but she had the most annoying laugh. It was so high pitched that her laugh had squeaks in it! It hurt my ears!" Madoka was shocked to hear that.

"High-pitched and squeaking?" Ai nodded, looking curious at Madoka's interest.

"Yeah, super annoying. Why, is that important?" Madoka realized how she had acted and waved her hand.

"Oh, it's nothing, nothing at all! Don't worry about it. I'll go fix Andromeda. You should probably head to your hotel room." Madoka headed downstairs. Ai looked on at Madoka as she left, knowing that something was up.

Song Of Hope: Probably one of the longest chapters I've ever written! This one is nearly 20 pages! In actuality, it's barely 17, but still, the longest chapter I've ever written! Sorry I waited, but here it is! R&R