Malin and Blake looked around counting down the seconds until the gang charged in on them. As soon as this mystery person came to help, nobody more than Malin knew at that point that they were not going to charge. He could see it clearly, everything had changed and slowly the Reds backed off. This person stood tall and confident with his black hair hanging everywhere, mostly over his face, he looked composed but ready to fight if any of them had the guts to challenge him. There were whispers among the Reds, even Malin and Blake looked at each other in shock at what they were seeing as they knew who it was but couldn't believe he was standing here now. The closest one to being the sky king, Minami Itsuki in the flesh stood before them, as if like a saviour against all those that meant them harm. "Nobody will be hurting these two riders-they have proven themselves already and beaten your best riders, which mean you should respectfully stand down."

"Why should we?"

"The only reason you want trouble is because you outnumber them-but just know if you attack now, you attack against me and if you attack against me-you attack against Kogarasumaru." The Reds held their spot and moved no closer. It took a little while before they opened up a passageway and peacefully let Malin, Blake and Ikki out. As they were riding out, Malin looked over at Ikki who led the way, he had a smile on his face. As grateful as Malin felt, it was a little embarrassing, needing to be helped out like this. "Where are you taking us?" Blake asked still in awe of Ikki.

"You can come back to our place and rest for a while, oh and congratulations on your win against those guys, you are both pretty interesting."

"It was the least I could do, you really entertained me before and I am interested to understand your skills when we get back-I have never met an overseas rider before and ones from Australia-that's just awesome." He had no idea how they felt about meeting him and they continued through Tokyo until they got back to a house and escorted inside.

Malin and Blake immediately noticed a very young cute girl answer the door and she was wearing AT's, she wouldn't have been any older than 7 but here she was, a storm rider like them. "You guys are not from around here, who have you bought home now Ikki?"

"Two riders here from Australia-they were in a bit of trouble so I thought I would bring them back here. Hey Ume can you go get some tea for them please?" Ume smiled and rode off through the house. Both Blake and Malin were dumfounded when they were introduced to the other girls of the house. Rika, Mikan and Ringo were so gorgeous and even Ume would be attractive when she was older-all of them were storm riders. In fact Malin had the feeling they were better than what they were letting on. "So tell me about yourselves and your team." Ikki asked and all the girls came in and sat around listening to them.

Malin went first, "Well I am Malin Christou also known as Odysseus back home. I was bought up from a baby around the Westside Magpies as my dad was a rider for them."

"Magpies?"

"Well the magpie as I said before is a bird native to Australia. The Australian Magpie is larger than those from other countries and is fiercely protective of its young, being very aggressive in nesting season and swoops down on people it perceives as a threat. The Westside Magpies wasn't the very first AT team created in the Oceania region but the culture it founded laid the basis of riders in Australia and New Zealand. It used this idea to make a team that fought for one another and create bonds close enough to be a family-which it has done for some time. The Magpies may not always be the most skilled or the have the best riders-but because of our passion and team work, we are always able to come from behind in any situation from mateship." Everyone seemed rather impressed at this but Ikki still had questions, "What was your dad like?"

"He taught me everything I knew and one of the great riders of the gang." Blake interrupted Malin here who seemed a bit quiet, "His dad was one of the greatest riders of all time within Australia even once holding the title of Seer King on the Eye Road."

"The Seer King?"

"To see what nobody else can see." This sparked Ikki's interest and he looked back at Malin who seemed embarrassed, "Why are you so quiet about this? Are you embarrassed by your dad's achievements?"

"No-but I want my own name." He seemed to have carried this burden on his shoulders for sometime and Ikki let it go, looking at Blake. "So what is your story?"

"Well I am Blake Natini, or my rider name is Slingshot. I have been riding for about 5 years now and I met Malin before I joined any team. I was undisciplined then and he wiped the floor with me and then we both grew together to C Class Riders back home. I class him as my brother and we will never be separated."

Ringo for the first time would directly speak to them as she had noticed something, "I noticed you didn't say you were never going to stop AT?"

"Well I kind of play basketball pretty competitively."

"He is a genius basketballer," Malin interrupted.

"I enjoy basketball more than anything else but I cannot leave my friends, there is no reason why I cannot have both-so I use basketball to help my AT and my AT to help my basketball." It looked like Ikki had worked a few things out now like he had been thinking about it the entire time. "So that is why your balance is so good, you are tall and used to shifting your weight regularly in a confined space-interesting. I gather Malin inherited some of his dads ability and is why he can see through his opponents attack before it happens." Ikki was right on both accounts and they spoke for a little while longer until the door slammed open making them jump in shock.

Malin and Blake turned to see the Fang King standing before them. "Ikki what have you done now? Fuck! I had to see it to believe it, are these the Australians that you had to poke your business into to help? The word has already spread about the riders that beat the D Class team and saved by the future sky king."

"So what? They won fair and square and were going to be killed-just like after we beat Behemoth."

"Well some team from back in Australia got wind of it and are sending riders here to take them down while they are without their team to finish them off-the only reason I got word of it was from Akira."

"Who is coming?"

"Some team called the Southern Snipers, Fuck!" Blake and Malin looked at each other, "They are coming here?"

Agito nodded, "Not only that, but I think they have done a minor attack on your territory back home to make sure no reinforcements could come." This worried Malin and Blake-even though they could handle a minor attack back home he hoped nobody would be hurt just because of what had happened here. The mood had suddenly got really tense, the rest of Kogarasumaru entered the house and if it wasn't so serious Malin would have wanted to meet them all. The only ones that looked calm with Ikki and Blake. Agito noticed this and got agitated, "Why the fuck are you two so calm?" Ikki and Blake looked at each other. "Blake never gets worried about anything, it is really quite agitating," Malin said.

"I am excited we are going to get to go against some different kind of competitors. Because rest assured we are helping them out-it is a Kogara-Magpie alliance for the match that will come