Gingka's Past

Chapter 4: Gingka's First Round

AN: This chapter is dedicated to JuniperGentle, who was kind enough to give me my first review ever, :D, and give me some kind advice, which I have taken. I hope you're reading Juniper. I've got a fierce opponent waiting for Gingka this round, and I hope Gingka can win. I don't own Beyblade, original, metal, or any of its affiliates. Nor do I own the alphabet, The Internet, or a cell phone. Have fun! : D

After Gingka sat Harun down in his seat, He headed back out to the stadium for his battle with Zeno, when he noticed something strange about his opponent. He didn't have his bey with him.

Gingka knew that every blader worth his weight in gold always had his bey with him, and Zeno had made it past the Preliminaries, so just what was with this guy? Gingka figured he would live in the now, and deal with that problem when it arose.

"Now, Ladies and Gentleman, I would like to introduce last year's Village Champion, 5 years reigning, GINGKA HAGANE!" The announcer said, over the intercom. He only ever came out to announce the battle in the semifinals and finals.

"And his opponent will be…" The announcer paused for a second, and then continued "Uh, slight change of plans folks. It seems that Zeno Papparali has bought a blader to take his place! So, introducing for the first time, Singun Tano!"

Gingka gulped. He had battled him before, and he was no pushover. He was a fierce blader, and it took all his blader's skill and spirit to win. He had black hair that swept over his face, and gray eves, like he was blind. But he saw everything. He wore black clothes, black shoes; you could say he was goth. But he was strong. His bey, E Rayna, was fierce, and owned more than one special move. It was a black bey, go figure, and tiny bumps protruded from the guy's bey. If he made it through this battle, the others would probably seem easy.

Singun jumped from nowhere, somersaulting on the way, and landed on his side of the stadium, bey already at the ready. Gingka fumbled with his bey, but got it ready in time for the countdown.

"3!" Gingka started.

"2!" Singun replied.

"1!" Everyone yelled.

"Let it Rip!" Rayna spun fiercely towards Pegasus, and started with the upper hand, pushing the blue bey towards the edge of the stadium. Pegasus escaped by running towards the side, followed quickly by Rayna.

It was a race, seeing who would reach the other first. And even though Pegasus was the faster one, Rayna always seemed to be able to catch up. Gingka realized it was the bumps; they were pushing the wind out of the way so it gave Rayna little boosts of speed. Gingka turned his bey around and came at Rayna with lightning fast speed. Rayna was smashed head-on into, and lost quite a bit of speed. Pegasus turned back around and ran. Ran like the wind. Rayna, slower than it was before, followed the winged horse.

Singun moved his bey to the edge of the stadium and jumped out of the stadium, flying high into the air. Gingka did the same, and soon they were flying side by side, and whoever fell first would suffer serious damage from the other bey. Rayna's bumps were pushing wind out of the way, creating more room for flying, while Pegasus was relying on purely speed. Both beys kept flying higher until one stopped.

It was Pegasus.

Pegasus started to fall shortly before Rayna did, and soon Rayna was on top of Pegasus, just grinding into his fusion wheel, slowing him down dramatically. Gingka could think of only one way to get to the ground, without suffering anymore of Rayna's attacks.

"Pegasus, Starblast Attack!" Singun was truly not expecting this, as Pegasus was below Rayna, but just a nanosecond later, Pegasus started to break away from Rayna, to the point where he could land and move out of the way before Rayna landed.

He did so, and when Rayna landed, Pegasus slammed into him, thrusting him back a couple of inches, before the blue bey pulled back and slammed into it's opponent again.

Singun cursed under his breath. He decided he was tired of this meaningless battle and used one of his Special Moves, thinking that would be able to finish his opponent off. "Rayna, Darkness Oversight." He said unemotionally. His bey started to shake rapidly and finally, he disappeared in a sphere of dark purple light. Pegasus was sucked into the light, and suddenly, Gingka couldn't see his bey. A few seconds later, Pegasus was thrust out of the sphere, almost ½ of it's spin strength, gone. Spinning but not as good as before. The Purple light disappeared, and there was Rayna, seemingly fine. But on closer inspection, Rayna was spinning just as slowly as Pegasus.

It was anyone's match again, just when Gingka thought he had the upper hand.

They started to circle around the stadium, waiting for the other to attack. When Singun realized that if no one attacked, he would lose. Lose. It wasn't a word in his dictionary anymore. Especially when he was battling for his cousin. He started to gather energy, still circling Pegasus. But before he could gather enough energy for his strongest Special Move, Pegasus came barreling towards him, aiming to finish in one move, Singun risked it, and activated his special move, even though he didn't have enough energy. "Rayna! Darkness Overdrive!" He yelled. With that, Rayna started to glow dark purple, Pegasus still screaming towards him.

Then they collided. Pegasus crashed into him, all right, but he bounced back like nothing happened.

"So that's the Special Move he was talking about last time." Gingka said.

Gingka decided to pull back and attack again, harder this time; maybe he would get through his Darkness Overdrive.

While Gingka was thinking, Rayna gained speed, as a result of Overdrive finally kicking in. Pegasus pulled back, like Gingka ordered, and started to speed towards Rayna once again. And a second before Pegasus arrived…

Overdrive faltered. The Special Move ran out of energy and left Rayna completely vulnerable, without time to dodge Pegasus' strong attack. Pegasus slammed straight into Rayna, sending it to the edge of the stadium barely spinning.

Singun lost any control over his bey, because it was moving too slowly to do anything.

Pegasus just pulled back as the rest unfolded. Rayna started to fall towards the center of the stadium, head over heels, and stopped falling in the center of the stadium, where it just… stopped.

Everything was silent for a moment, then the crowd exploded, screaming his name, but Gingka just motioned the crowd for silence. "Singun Tano, I commend you on your ability to battle. I had fun." Gingka said, smiling the whole time. He put out a hand, and Singun just stood there for a minute, before apprehensively shaking it. Gingka motioned the crowd to continue, and then they started screaming.

He left Singun to go back to his cousin, and Gingka went back to Harun, who weirdly wasn't in his seat. Gingka started to search for Harun, before he heard his voice at the far entrance, "Gingka! Over here!" He ran toward his friend who had someone at his side, looking strangely like Harun's…

"Gingka I would like you to meet my brother, Hyoma."

AN: Readers that I do not have, I hope you enjoy the including of Hyoma into my Fanfic, until next time, peytoneli out.