Gingka's Past

Chapter 5: Gingka Meets Hyoma

Gingka was honestly surprised that Harun had a brother. They looked a little alike, they had the same hair, the same hardened look in their eyes, but that was where the differences stopped. Hyoma had small, blue eyes, and looked a lot more energetic and less burdened. He was a year older than Harun, and he wore striped jackets and hiker boots. "Hello…" Hyoma paused, then whispered to Harun, "A little help here, bro?"

Harun whispered back, "Gingka, Gingka Hagane."

"Gingka!" Hyoma finished. "So glad to finally meet you."

"Skip it. You just had to ask Harun for my name, so you obviously have never heard of me before. Now, what is your bey?" Gingka said, getting the point quick.

"Well, my bey is Rock Aries, and it's a…"

Gingka already had his bey and launcher out. "Pegasus is glad to meet you. Now let's battle." Once again, getting to the point quick.

"Where?" Hyoma said, making Gingka curse under his breath.

He replied, "Both of us have already battled our first round battle, so we can go back to your house, right Harun?

Harun nodded his reply. "Alright, Hyoma, let's head back to Harun's house so we can battle." Hyoma agreed with a nod, and they were off to Harun's house.

Gingka got there first, no surprise, as he had ran ahead of the others. Once Harun and Hyoma were there, Harun sat down on the steps into his house and watched what was about to unfold. Harun knew that Gingka's way of getting to know people was to battle with them, so he always had to have a battle with a person he had just met. Hyoma didn't know this however, and he was actually surprised at how straightforward Gingka seemed to him. Harun had told him about Gingka, he had just forgotten the boy's name. He remembered the personality though, and this wasn't the guy Harun had told him about in his letters.

Gingka was interested in the newcomer. Ready to see how Rock Aries would work against his Pegasus. He got his bey out slower this time, seeing how Hyoma would react. Hyoma got out his bey as normal, unfazed by Gingka's stares. Hyoma started the countdown. "3!"

Gingka followed suit, anxious to start. "2!"

Harun figured he'd join in, and yelled, "1!" which got him hateful stares.

"Let it Rip!" Both beys, jumpstarted by their launchers, spun fiercely towards one another, and the battle began.

Pegasus started with the upper hand, throwing attacks from one side or the other. Aries was a defense type though, and most of the blue bey's attacks only got through halfway.

"How do you like my bey Gingka? Here, give me your best shot." Hyoma ordered his bey to stop in it's tracks, and Gingka, confused by this choice, saw it as an opportunity anyway and pulled back to get max speed. When Pegasus started his charge, Aries still hadn't moved. Oh well. Gingka thought. If he wasn't going to dodge, he would get blown out of the stadium. Not his problem.

Pegasus rammed straight into Aries. Then Pegasus rolled around Aries, and Hyoma's bey had suffered no damage. Gingka was completely perplexed by this, because if past fights served, Aries should have been knocked completely out of the stadium. He looked closer at Hyoma's bey, and discovered a three-pronged disk underneath the fusion wheel, protruding slightly outside the rest of the bey. It seemed to be free spinning and… That was when Gingka realized what had happened. He had hooked on to the wheel underneath and that had spun him around.

"I see you've seen all of my bey know, eh?" Hyoma said. Gingka cursed under his breath for not seeing it sooner. If he had, he could've finished it sooner.

Now Harun was interested. It was turning out to be a battle of wits, not strength. Harun liked these battles.

Gingka decided to try another strategy, he pulled back again, hoping to swing around the bey, go up into sky and use Starblast Attack. He started to barrel towards Aries, hoping that he would spin around him, giving him more speed, but Aries went straight for Pegasus, stopping the blue bey in it's tracks. Pegasus was losing more speed than the defense type, so Gingka pulled his bey back and ordered it to run. Aries, slow defense type that it was, couldn't keep up with Pegasus, and the blue bey speeded away. Soon Gingka's bey had completely lapped his opponent's, and he started throwing attacks from behind again.

Hyoma knew. Hyoma knew almost everything there was to know about a bey battle, and he was still having a hard time battling this redhead. It wasn't like he was cheating or anything, but his attacks were just so strong. It was a good thing Aries was a defense type, otherwise he would've been blown away.

Gingka was having a hard time with this stinking defense type. It was the type that he had the most trouble with, mostly because they blocked attacks better than any other bey type. And this particular defense type was stronger than the others he'd faced. Gingka could honestly not think of a strategy. He was putty in Hyoma's hands. And Hyoma planned to use that.

Aries pulled back seemingly trying to run from Pegasus, but then he turned back around and caught Gingka by surprise. He pushed Pegasus to the edge of the stadium, then turned around and started to circle the stadium. He was just toying with Gingka now. Trying to give him some chance to win, because he liked challenges.

Gingka was tired of this man's toying around with him, and decided to just go for the straight charge up the wall. "Pegasus, Starblast Attack!" Pegasus screamed up the side of the stadium, then flew high into the air. Once he reached the point at which he could go no further, he fell. He fell while gaining speed, to the point that the bey was turning blue.

"So this is Pegasus' true power…" Hyoma thought to himself. Hyoma already had the answer to his problems though.

Pegasus was 10 feet away from the ground when Aries moved out of the way. Gingka, having gone through this numerous times, slamming into the ground and whatnot, turned his bey horizontal again.

The second Pegasus hit the ground though, Aries slammed into him. Hard. Gingka had never seen such power from a defense type. He was surprised, angry, and curious all at once. And while he was all of those feelings, Pegasus was sent flying out of the stadium.

Gingka had lost for the first time since before his first championship.

Hyoma walked around to the other side of the stadium, and held out his hand. Gingka, though sad from his loss, shook it anyway. "You're a very good blader." Gingka said.

"Thank you. Now, I understand you like to eat?

The bottomless pit's eyes lit up.

AN: I am starting to get writer's block, as I have told some of my favorite reviewers on here, and I had trouble finishing the chapter. I apologize if some of the chapter seemed a little harsh. I don't know when I will post again, it could be tomorrow, next week, or anywhere in between. So for now, Love me, Hate me, Peytoneli