Alright, so I wrote a whole one-shot and still managed to get this chapter done! There will be a huge announcement at the end of this chapter as well, so, if you don't read the author's notes, you will miss out on some important information!
Gingka/Stormflight: GalaxyPegasus14 does not own Metal Fight Beyblade!
Me: you seem happier than you were in the last couple of chapters…
Gingka: That's because: #1, you didn't kill me! And #2, I am finally getting used to the ideas you put into Shifted.
Me: Glad you finally stopped hating me for that…
-A couple of days later-
Madoka looked out the B-Pit window, watching the group of young bladers waiting for her to open up. She sighed, finished organizing the shelf, then went to the front and pulled up the barricade, letting the stream of younger bladers in. She had had to leave Koma Village to come back and run the B-Pit, but she knew that Gingka was okay. The redhead had been a bit stiff, but his injuries had completely healed, and Madoka had given him the okay to go train just before she left.
"Hey Madoka-chan!" Zero greeted, walking in the door arm-in-arm with Ren.
"Hey Zero!" Madoka replied, glancing up from the cash register. "How are you two doing?"
The two bladers blushed and unlinked their arms. "Just fine." Ren replied, sounding extremely happy.
"Let me guess, you two are now officially dating?" Madoka said.
"Y-yeah, pretty much. We just got here from Bull Burger." Zero said. "How's Gingka-san doing? Is he here?"
"No, he's off training somewhere with the others."
"Others? Other what?"
"Other Legendary Bladers, we will probably be hearing from them soon." Madoka sighed.
"They are all together? Cool! Where are they training?" Zero exclaimed, a light orange glow appearing around him at the thought of their power.
"Nowhere within a day's walking distance from here." Madoka replied.
"Aww! Can you tell me when they are so that I can battle them?"
"Sure thing, if they aren't too busy. Did you guys just come here to chat, or did you need something?"
"Oh! We almost forgot! Our beys needed repair work, that's why we originally came!" Zero handed Ifraid to Madoka.
"Wow, you sure have been busy lately! I'll try to have it fixed tomorrow morning!" Madoka said, examining the scratches on the chrome Ifraid wheel as Ren pulled out Phoenic and handed it to her.
"Thanks Madoka-chan!" Zero called, running out of the store with Ren close behind.
"Those two, so cute!" Madoka sighed as she placed the two beys in her pocket.
-Meanwhile-
"Are they ready?"
"Yes sir, all we have to do is load them into the helicopters and take off."
"And their propellers work?"
"Yes sir, we tested them last night. They work perfectly."
"Perfect. Load them up, we need them in and ready to go by tomorrow morning."
"Yes sir."
-Back in Koma Village-
"Ok guys! Keep it going!"
"Come on Sagittario!"
"Pathetic! You really think you can challenge me?"
"I did once, and cracked your face bolt, remember?"
"That was only once! L-Drago!"
The fiery red dragon burst out of its bey with a roar, swallowing up the form of the archer in its flames as it flew, higher and higher.
"You certainly haven't lost your touch, Ryuga!"
"Hah! You think I would have? L-Drago!"
"Alright, I'm jumping in! Let it Rip!"
"You want to be knocked out too, Hagane? Alright then!"
"Go, Pegasus!"
"Uwahh! Sagittario! Gingka, why did you have to knock me out?"
"That wasn't me, it was Ryuga!"
"What? Hagane, you are going down!"
"Yeah right, Ryuga! This battle is all mine!"
"Go Gingkie!"
"Titi? I thought you were dumping water on Kyoya!"
"He was, until I threatened to tie him up. Leone!"
Explosions rocked the ground as the Legendary Bladers trained for battle. Gingka, Kyoya, and Ryuga were battling, with Titi and Kenta as spectators. Aguma was off shadow launching with a specialized launcher developed by Yuki to strengthen the muscles needed for launching. Dunamis was off cutting firewood with Jupiter, along with King and Chris, and Yuki was still fixing damaged equipment. The Anubis wielder had almost finished repairing Gingka's jetpacks, thanks to some late-night help from Madoka a few days before, as well as the other bladers getting the supplies he needed.
"Gingka! Ready for a test run?" the mercury blader spoke into a microphone.
"Keep going, Pegasus! Yuki, I'll be there in a few minutes, just give me a second to defeat Ryuga and Kyoya."
"Both of them at once? Good luck!" Yuki turned off his microphone and went to work on Ryuga's helmet. He already had all the things he needed, and, with help, could probably have it all done in just a few hours, likely by nightfall. Retracting Gingka's suit and pushing it aside, he laid out the dismantled pieces of Ryuga's helmet.
"Come on Pegasus! We are almost there, I just know it! Keep pushing him back!" Gingka yelled, his aura shining around him as he met in a fierce, head-on clash with Ryuga's L-Drago. The two beys were locked together, neither one giving an inch of play to the other.
Their metal wheels threw out sparks in every direction, while Kyoya was occupied with Titi, intending on taking out the Venus blader, then Gingka. If he could catch the fleeing Quetzalcoatl, that is.
"Keep it up Quetz!" Titi called, as his golden bey once more evaded an attack from Kyoya's Leone.
"Quit dodging and fight, will you?" Kyoya growled. "Lion Gale Force Wall!"
"Run, Quetzalcoatl!" Titi yelled, taking off into the forest.
"Huh? Hey, I'm not finished with you yet Titi!" Kyoya yelled, stopping his tornado to chase the fleeing gold-clad blader.
"Let's go Ryuga! Final showdown!" Gingka widened his stance as Pegasus broke away from the clash and began circling.
"Go L-Drago!" Ryuga sent his bey flying into the air.
"Follow it Pegasus!"
"Dragon Emperor Descends!" Ryuga called out his special move.
"Pegasus! Meet his attack! Stardust Twister Attack!"
(A/N: I looked it up on , that was listed as one of Samurai Pegasus's special moves.)
The two beys clashed head-on, causing a huge explosion. Yuki jumped at the sound as the ground shook.
In Metal Bey City, Zero and Ren grabbed hold of the nearest stable object as the city rocked. In the distance, they could see a pillar of flame, spiraling red and blue.
"Gingka! You just had to battle Ryuga? Hurry up and finish the special move exchange!" Madoka yelled, sliding past the two and catching hold of a road sign.
"Gingka-san and Ryuga-san?" Zero was awestruck as the pillar and earthquake it was causing subsided.
"It has to be them, only they have enough power to rock a city twenty miles away!" Madoka muttered, heading off in the direction of the WBBA.
"Gingka? Ryuga?" Kenta called, picking himself up off the ground. Once the dust cleared, he saw the two bladers, lying next to their motionless beys on the ground. "A-a tie? Gingka actually matched Ryuga's strength?" Kenta whispered.
"What's going on here?" Kyoya yelled, running into the clearing with Titi, their battle having been interrupted by Gingka and Ryuga's move exchange.
"They… tied!" Kenta exclaimed.
"Let's get them back to the village." Kyoya sighed.
"Mmph, no need for that." Gingka muttered, sitting up and looking around. "Aww man! A tie? Oh well, a tie is better than a loss, I guess."
"Easy for you to say, Hagane." Ryuga snarled, retrieving L-Drago. "We will settle this, someday soon." the Dragon Emperor turned on his heel and strode off, back towards Koma Village.
Gingka smirked. "Oh yes, we will." he said as his cellphone began ringing. "Hello?"
"Gingka! Stop creating earthquakes with Ryuga!" Madoka's voice yelled from the other end of the line.
"Earthquakes? We were just battling!"
"Exactly! Gingka, you guys have so much power that we got an earthquake here in Metal Bey City!"
"Oops, sorry Madoka!"
"Sorry isn't going to cut it! No more earthquakes or I will come over there myself and stop you!"
"Okay, okay! I promise, no more earthquakes!"
"Good. Now, who won?"
Gingka anime fell. "It was a tie." he said, getting back up.
"A tie? With Ryuga?"
"Yup."
"Wow, you have gotten stronger then!"
"Yup. Oh dear, I have to go. Titi is chasing Kyoya down with a bucket of water." Gingka hung up.
"A bucket… of water?" Madoka sweat dropped.
"Titi! Stop that!" Gingka called, chasing the fuchsia-haired blader down. "Come on, you are supposed to be training!"
"I am training! I am training Yo-yo to run faster!" Titi called, bouncing past Gingka and soaking the redhead with a splash of water from the bucket.
"Seriously, it takes so much work just to keep you guys going sometimes!" Gingka muttered. "Let it Rip!" he sent Pegasus flying at the bucket, knocking it out of Titi's hand and sending it flying… Onto Kyoya's head.
"Arghh, Titi! You are in so much trouble!" the green-haired blader growled, turning to chase after Titi who yelped in fear and fled.
Gingka sweat dropped. "Seriously? Kyoya! Stop chasing Titi and get back to training!"
"You heard what Titi said earlier, I'm just repaying the favor and showing him who needs to learn to run faster!" Kyoya yelled back.
Gingka face palmed, then got an idea. "Hey guys! Who wants to go to Snowy Mountain?" he shouted.
"Isn't that that mountain you climbed several years ago just after your first loss to Ryuga?" Kenta asked.
"Yup, want to get the others together and go to it? It should make an excellent training exercise!"
"Sure! But I think Yuki is still working on yours and Ryuga's suits."
"True, and he wouldn't want to be left out… Maybe we can just go later then. Oh yeah! He wanted me to go test mine out! See you later, Kenta!" the redhead ran off towards Koma Village.
"Took you long enough." Yuki chuckled as Gingka walked in.
"Sorry, got distracted battling Ryuga." Gingka replied. "So, what did you want me to test?"
"Your suit should be fixed, I just need you to test it to make sure." Yuki replied, handing Gingka the small, thin metal box that was the entire Stormflight system.
"Awesome! You rock Yuki!" Gingka exclaimed, taking it and clipping it to the back of his belt, underneath his long coat.
Yuki stepped outside to watch.
"Activate Stormflight system." Gingka ordered.
"Activating." a female voice said. Seconds later, the familiar helmet slammed shut over Gingka's face, the blue eyes lighting up as usual.
"Well, the helmet is working, but that wasn't the broken part." Gingka's voice came through the speakers. "Activate jetpacks!" The legendary blader smiled as he felt the familiar metal bar slide out, unfolding itself into his jetpacks moments later. "Looks like they are working!" he called as they ignited and he flew off.
"Take a course to Metal Bey City and back, to see if they really are working properly." Yuki said into his microphone, which was mounted right next to his mouth.
"Got it, see you in about a half hour!" Gingka's voice came through the earpiece Yuki was wearing.
Yuki sighed and went back inside to finish repairing Ryuga's helmet.
-Ten minutes later-
"Aww yeah! I won!" Zero exclaimed, catching Ifraid out of the air. "Who's next?"
"Good job Zero!" Madoka cheered.
"I'll go!" Shinobu exclaimed.
"Alright then, let's-" Zero was cut off by the now-familiar sound of jetpacks. A shadow flew over the stadium, and everyone's eyes followed it to the top of the wall around the stadium.
"Stormflight!" Madoka exclaimed, catching sight of the blue-clad figure.
Gingka saluted the group, then took off again, heading back to Koma Village, the cheering of the younger bladers at Bey Park following him.
Madoka whipped out her cellphone and called Gingka. "Why did you just leave?" she asked once he picked up.
"I was just testing out my jetpacks, didn't have time to stay and chat because I have to get back to training." Gingka replied.
"Alright, good luck!" Madoka said, "See you later then?"
"Yup, see you! Bye!" Gingka hung up.
Madoka sighed as she slipped her phone back into her pocket. "Go for it, Shinobu, Zero!" she cheered, watching the two younger bladers.
Suddenly, a familiar silver, white, and red bey entered the stadium.
"Dragoon?" Zero recognized the dragon bey at once.
"So, I see you are hanging out here as usual, Zero." Sakyo's voice came.
Zero whirled. "What do you want?" he asked.
"A rematch of course!" Sakyo growled, catching his bey out of the air and striding down the stairs from the top of the seats.
"Shinobu, do you mind?" Zero asked.
"Ehh, knock yourself out, or rather, knock him out." Shinobu replied, stepping down from the platform and allowing Sakyo to take his place.
"Go get him Sakyo!" Takanosuke cheered from the stands.
-Back in Koma Village-
"Wow, this was a quicker fix than I thought, thanks to Madoka-chan's help!" Yuki exclaimed, replacing the one loose wire in the eye of Ryuga's mask and snapping the metal casing back together. "Ryuga-san! Your helmet is fixed!" he retracted it and stepped outside, handing it to the Dragon Emperor.
"Thanks kid." Ryuga grumbled, snapping the metal box onto the back of his belt.
"No problem." Yuki replied, looking up as he heard the sound of jetpacks, indicating Gingka's return.
"They work perfectly as usual!" Gingka said as soon as he landed. "Retract Stormflight system."
"Great! And since I finished fixing Ryuga's helmet, we are now good to go in case the DNA attacks again!" Yuki exclaimed.
"Great! We are back in the game then, with all injuries healed and all repairs made!" Gingka grinned.
"Gingkie! Yo-Yo is bothering me again!"
"Shut up Titi, you started it. And stop calling me that!"
"But you look so cute when you are angry!"
"Why you… I ought to-"
Gingka sighed and went to break up the argument between his two friends as Kyoya quieted down to mumbling angrily.
"How about instead of arguing, we all practice flying formations over Metal Bey City and the surrounding areas?" Gingka suggested, pulling Kyoya and Titi apart with Yuki's help.
"Fine." Kyoya muttered, giving up struggling against Gingka's grasp.
"Activate Stormflight system." Gingka ordered.
"Activate Wildwind system."
"Activate Cosmicbark system."
"Activate Lizardflight system."
"All Steel Warriors to the center of Koma Village right away for a training exercise." Gingka ordered, striding towards the center of the village.
"So, what's the exercise?" Firearrow asked once he had arrived, along with the others, including Dragonfang, who didn't seem to be very unhappy at having to follow orders for once.
"We are going to practice formations, but with a twist." Stormflight said.
"Well, that doesn't sound so pathetic, I'm listening." came Dragonfang's voice through everyone's helmet speakers.
Stormflight chuckled. "sSince we have ten of us, we are going to fly in two triangle formations, with five of us in each formation. We will fly from here, over the top of Snowy Mountain to test our pressurizures, then turn east, fly over Metal Bey City, then head for Tokyo. Once we fly over all of Tokyo, we will turn back and make a beeline for here. We will be racing the whole way, but you have to stay in formation. Everyone got that?"
"Sounds awesome to me!" Firearrow exclaimed.
"Alright then, let's go! Dragonfang, you lead a group, I want Kyoya, Aguma, Dunamis, and Chris to go with you. Everyone else, follow me!" Stormflight ordered. "Take off on my signal. Activate jetpacks!"
"Activate jetpacks!" the command came from the rest of the group, who had already gotten into formation.
"Go now!"
Ryo watched as the two groups took off, still fairly stunned at what they had accomplished, but extremely proud of his son and the others for what they were doing. As long as they didn't give up, they would be unbeatable. However, what none of them knew was that, at that very moment, the DNA was gearing up for a full-scale attack on the WBBA and Metal Bey City.
Me: Cliffhanger! I have to say, I love leaving my readers on them, but hate being left on them… Oh well, everyone is probably the same way… The Zero vs. Sakyo battle will be in the next chapter, as well as the SW flyover formation race. Ryuga?
Ryuga: Hmm?
Me: Announcement.
Ryuga: Oh, right. -fumbles around for a piece of paper in his pocket.- First of all, GalaxyPegasus14 now has a website, the link should be on her profile, but PM here if it is not. Also, over her two-month hiatus, her brain came up with a new story idea. It does this all the time, but this one is significant because it will add a third part to the Stormflight saga. So, once 'Return of the Warrior' is finished, be on the lookout for 'Stormflight: The Next Generation.'
Me: Thanks Ryuga!" Yeah, my crazy, insane brain came up with a third Stormflight story, but that should be the final one, assuming my brain doesn't somehow come up with another random idea. Also, I need more pranks for Legend Blader Prank War, and, I am now offering a small reward for submitting a prank! If you submit a prank, I will PM you a small spoiler on any of my stories, you just pick the story! If you don't want a spoiler, you can tell me! Anyway, go check out my site, the link should be on my page, as Ryuga said. The page is just for random pictures of my Ocs as well as the Steel Warriors and stuff. There are only a couple of pictures on there right now, but as I draw more, more will be uploaded. Anyway, until next time, Let it Rip! And I apologize ahead of time if FF messes up and puts the whole story in underline, it did that in a previous chapter and I don't know how to fix it.