A/N: Sorry for the long wait again, school is definitely a priority in my schedule right now. Even though I'm a straight A student, The past month was filled with tests, projects, and after-school activities like violin practice. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Nile and Eric watched the two beys flung to the opposite side of where they'd launched. The beys raced around the stadium with immense speed.

Eric's Blizzard Falcon seemed to near in to Horuseus with greater speed, but it still showed no signs of a direct attack. This annoyed and scared Nile, who seemed on edge with this battle. Eric just smirked as he knew from Nile's face that he had scared the former Wild Fang blader, and that he would call the first shot.

This didn't bother Nile however, for he knew that this battle would actually test his strength before and after Kyoya. "Horuseus! Take the first strike!"

Horuseus sped towards Falcon and lunged at the blue bey with a great amount of strength. The force was strong enough to send the Falcon flying, but it managed to balance itself back to the bey stadium.

"You seem to underestimate me," the orange-haired blader called out to Eric. "Never underestimate a blader, you fool!"

Falcon tried to regain speed again when Horuseus did another smash attack to the blue bey, except this time Falcon managed to keep balance and held the attack. This didn't surprise Nile at all, when Horuseus let go Falcon.

Eric furrowed his eyebrow, confused by Nile's actions. The tanned blader was surprised by Nile's strength, although that didn't mean he was scared. His hands were clenched into fists however, which showed his fury of annoyance. Nile was amused by this, as Eric seemed to gradually lose his cool.

"I see," Nile continued. "You thought I was scared."

A rush of silence filled the stadium but the sounds of screeching when the two beys clashed. "But...I'm never scared of a beybattle."

Present Time

"Tsubasa, why do you keep spacing like that?" asked a curious Roselle. She was dressed in her cartoonish sushi pajamas and was eating a cup of ramen. The Asteria blader poked her head towards the Eagle blader's right shoulder, who was still staring at the beautiful starry night.

Roselle was a bit annoyed by the ignorance of the silver-haired boy, so she continued. "Hello? Earth to Tsubasa?" She lightly nudged him with her elbow, but that tipped his chair over, causing the victim to fall flat on the face, in which her face turned slightly pink from not trying to laugh.

Tsubasa pulled himself up and checked his leg for slight cuts. "Sorry. Guess that paid for my unattentiveness," he apologized.

However, the raven-haired girl just rolled her eyes at the apology. "Darn' tootin you did." An awkward silence breezes by, "Now that I have your attention, are you really okay? I mean, you've been dazing off to a daydream or something like every minute or so."

Tsubasa glanced down at the hardwood floor for a moment, then spoke in an almost whisper-like volume. "I'm fine, I guess. Just don't worry about me, we've already have Gingka to worry about."

"I was always told that I would make a good psychologist," Roselle mentioned. "Or a good school counselor."

"I'm fine, Roselle. Thanks anyways," the silver-haired boy said before leaving Roselle alone in the hotel room.

Roselle dazed off at the starry night, her gold eyes squinting at the moon. "I hope so."

"Falcon!" shouted Eric for the millionth time as his blue bey managed to recover back to the stadium.

Nile smirked as he watched Eric's exhausted complexion. The Horuseus blader observed that the snow that covered his sandals were slowly and gradually started to melt. Strange, it's like the snow and ice around here is connected with Eric's body. He brushed off another pile of snow that landed on his left shoulder, then focused back on the beybattle.

Eric, however, wasn't bothered at all by the snow that covered most of his boots. His consentration was targeted to the beybattle, in which he was gradually losing over time. He knew he needed a counter big time, or else he wouldn't be proven worthy in Nile's eyes.

"You're strong," he remarked. "Stronger than anyone I've faced so far."

That got Nile's attention. Is he that serious? "Oh really? So far?"

"My history is deep, and personal," replied Eric. "I'd rather not talk about it."

Nile shrugged. "So you can't talk, really."

"Let's just focus on this damn battle Nile!" Eric exclaimed. "A beybattle is not about sharing your damn feelings with each other!"

Falcon charged towards Horuseus with incredible speed and smashed it with a strength that sent it flying so high it would be taller than a skyscraper if it were a building. Nile gritted his teeth, but stayed cool and watched as Horuseus manages to balance itself back to the bey stadium. He then studied the stadium again, gazing at the two beys racing across the stadium.

I've gotta end this, he thought. If I can.

A/N: I want to know if my chapters are getting a bit shorter or is just a bit short for you guys. A review helps my rep as well with this story, thanks.

And as promised, the sidechat:

I was sitting on the couch, staring at the TV watching Netflix when Roselle came over me with an incredible speed, holding a popcorn bowl in one hand and a coke in the other. She crashed down next to me and chaos ensued.

"ROSELLE! I'M GONNA-"

"Oh crap."

A/N: Yea, crap.