Sandra rode in the passenger seat while Rossi drove her back to her house. She hoped he was able to find Malvin before he hurt him.
Rossi stopped in front of her house. She glanced at him. "Are you going to come in for a minute?"
"If you want," Rossi said. Sandra nodded and they both got out and headed to the door. Sandra barely had knocked before her mom rushed out and hugged her.
"Thank goodness! I was so worried!" her mom said.
Sandra ducked out of her mother's grip. "I'm alright, mom. Can we maybe come in?"
"Oh! Of course!" Her mom led them inside. Sandra saw her friends watching her from the living room. She walked over to them.
"Hey guys," she greeted.
Kyoya was the first to get up. His face was emotionless so Sandra had no idea what he was going to do as he approached her. She was shocked when he hugged her. She smiled and hugged him back. "Don't you ever do that again, ok?" Kyoya said.
"I'll try not to," Sandra promised.
"I'm so glad you're ok. You had us all worried sick," Alex piped up.
"I'm sorry, guys," Sandra apologized.
"Don't be," Matt came up as Sandra and Kyoya let each other go. "Do you know?"
Sandra nodded. "Yeah, I do."
Kyoya narrowed his eyes. "Know what?"
Sandra looked at him and then at Matt. Matt nodded and Sandra turned back to Kyoya. "The person we've known as our dad all these years isn't really our dad after all. Our real dad is the FBI agent David Rossi."
Sandra glanced at Rossi and saw he was talking on his phone. She caught Kyoya staring at him with narrowed eyes. "Kyoya, leave him alone," she said.
Kyoya looked at her, then at Rossi before nodding and sitting back down. "You can get him to do almost anything, can't you?" Matt said in a joking tone.
"Just about," Alex answered for her.
Kyoya glared at her but Sandra just laughed. She looked back at Rossi and saw him talking with her mom and Marden.
"He doesn't seem like a bad guy," Kenta said.
Sandra nodded. "Yeah, he's a nice guy."
"Well, what do we do now?" Yu asked. "I'm bored!"
Ryuga rolled his eyes and Emma stared at him with amusement sparkling in her eyes.
"Well, how about we go outside and battle?" Gingka suggested.
Sandra smiled and looked at Kyoya, who had a competitive gleam in his eyes. "Ok, but as long as you two don't destroy the yard."
"Wouldn't dream of it," Gingka promised, though Sandra could see the competitive gleam in his eyes as well. She glanced at Matt and he shrugged. Sandra chuckled before heading over to her mom.
"Hey mom? We're going to go battle in the backyard if that's alright," Sandra said. "I promise that I won't let Kyoya and Gingka destroy the yard."
Her mom smiled with amusement. "I can see nothing's changed between those two. Go on ahead. We'll come out in a little bit and watch you."
Sandra nodded and headed outside where her friends were already waiting. "So how are we going to do this?" Tsubasa asked.
"We could do team battles," Kenta suggested.
"Or a battle royal so everybody gets to battle," Yu added.
"How about you combine the two?" Madoka suggested. "You could all pair up and have a battle royal. The last team standing wins."
"Then you won't risk damaging your beys with a battle so soon after your first one," Alex added, glancing at Kyoya and Ginkga.
"What?" Gingka asked.
Everyone but Kyoya and Gingka laughed. "Alright, then. How do we decide who's with who?" Benkei asked.
"You guys can debate over that," Alex answered.
Yu ran over to Tsubasa eagerly, who just nodded. Benkei and Kenta stood side-by-side. Emma and Ryuga were obviously going to battle together. Gingka offered for Matt to be his partner and Matt agreed, looking grateful. Sandra knew who her partner was. She glanced at Kyoya and he smiled as he nodded to her. The teams then made a circle in the yard.
"We're going to win this! Right Kenta?" Benkei looked like he was going to burst. Kenta nodded to him, a competitive look on his face.
"Let's get this started!" Gingka said as he raised his launcher. Everybody copied him.
"3!"
"2!"
"1!"
"Let it rip!"
All the beys collided in the center of the circle and bounced back. Everyone was waiting to see who would make the first move. Sandra saw Kyoya's gaze was fixed on Gingka's Cosmic Pegasus. Sandra glanced at him and nodded. "As long as you don't destroy the yard, I won't step in," she said.
Kyoya nodded, his gaze not wavering as he stared at Cosmic Pegasus. "Go now Leone!" Fang Leone charged in and clashed with Cosmic Pegasus.
"Now we're talking!" Gingka said. "Pegasus!"
"I want in on this fight!" Yu whined.
"Then come at me, Yu!" Kenta taunted. The two stamina types clashed.
"This is so fun! Go Libra!" Yu cheered.
"Charge in Bull!" Benkei commanded, sending Bull in to attack Libra.
"Oh no you don't!" Eagle suddenly appeared and intercepted Bull. "Your opponent is me!"
"L-Drago!" L-Drago Destructor charged forward heading for Cosmic Pegasus, but Nightmare Pegasus stopped it.
"Not while I'm here!" Matt said with a smile.
"Sandra?" Emma glanced at her with a raised eyebrow.
Sandra smiled and nodded. "You're on, Emma! Leone!"
"L-Drago!" Cosmic Leone and Earth L-Drago charged forward and collided with each other, both bouncing back. They clashed over and over again, neither letting up.
"Oh no! Bull!" Sandra glanced at Benkei and saw that he was out of the battle.
"Nice job, Tsubasa!" Yu said, an excited smile on his face.
"I almost had you too!" Benkei growled.
"Pegasus!" Gingka shouted.
"Leone!" Kyoya roared. Both beys were clashed fiercely, neither letting up.
"Yu! Do it!" Tsubasa shouted.
"Libra! Sonic Buster!" The ground beneath all the beys turned into sand. Every bey stopped moving except for Eagle.
"Time to take them out! Go Eagle!" Eagle charged toward Cosmic Leone. "Better take out the strongest first!"
Eagle collided with Cosmic Leone and sent it flying into the air. "Sandra!" Kyoya exclaimed but Sandra just smiled and Kyoya smiled too, knowing what she was thinking.
"Do it now, Leone! Crushing Tornado!" Sandra ordered. Cosmic Leone became enveloped in a tornado and circled back around, but instead Cosmic Leone collided with Libra, defeating it and the ground went back to normal.
"Aw! No fair!" Yu whined.
"I say it's time to finish this. Wouldn't you, Sandra?" Kyoya asked.
"You don't mind me interfering?" Sandra countered with a slight smile.
"I'll get him next time," Kyoya promised.
"Let's do it then! Cosmic Leone!" Sandra shouted. Her Leone began circling around all the beys.
"Fang Leone!" Kyoya's Leone settled in the center of the circle. "Special Move! King Lion Crushing Fang!" The tornado exploded from Fang Leone.
"Look out!" Matt shouted.
"My turn! Special Move! Fierce Tornado Clash!" Cosmic Leone became enveloped in a tornado again as it circled quickly around the edges of the circle. It began to push all the other beys closer to the tornado in the center until they were all forced into the tornado. When the attacks stopped, only Cosmic Leone and Fang Leone were left spinning. Sandra smiled in triumph as she caught her bey. "Alright!"
"Darn! She won again," Yu complained.
"You're just too good," Matt commented.
"I'll beat you next time," Emma vowed.
Sandra stared at her rival, a competitive smile on her face. "You're on, Emma. I'll be waiting."
Sandra looked and saw Rossi, Santaria and Marden sat on the porch watching. "We didn't tear up the yard," Kyoya said. Sandra giggled.
"What's up with you? Thought the King of Beasts wasn't scared of anything," Sandra teased.
"Hey! I'm not!" Kyoya argued.
"Hey Sandra! He is scared of something!" Alex called. Sandra's eyes widened as she continued, "He's scared of asking…"
"Alex! Don't you say it!" Sandra cut her off and ran after her. Alex just laughed evilly and ran off.
"Look on the bright side! At least Samara isn't here! She'd do worse!" Alex pointed out.
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