"Go! Guardian Levizer!" Kaito yelled, sending his bey flying at Shinobu's Saramanda.

"Saramanda! Dodge it!" Shinobu called to his bey, narrowly evading Levizer's attack.

"hmm, those two are good" the leader of squad 2 muttered to his colleagues.

"yes, they definitely have spirit….and power" Squad 5's leader replied, stepping out of the shadows to stand next to the other two.

"come on Shinobu!" zero yelled to his friend, making sure he could be heard above the excited crowd as Shinobu sent Levizer flying into the air out of the stadium, zero glanced up. "wait a second, those guys look familiar." he thought, glancing back down at the three figures standing on the opposite side of the stadium. Zero gasped.

"what is it zero?" mal asked.

"those guys- they are from the LBA!" zero replied. "I knew those outfits looked familiar!"

"the LBA?" mal said, surprised as she looked over at the three figures across the stadium.

"yes, we have to follow them if they leave" zero replied.

"and next up is the final round!" Blader Guider said. "lets give it up for our finalists! For this final battle of the tournament, we have Zero Kurogane vs. Shinobu Huriyin!" the crowd went wild.

"zero?" mal said inquisitively.

"follow them if they leave" zero replied. "we have the devices that Tsubasa gave us, I'll find you if you have to leave." with that, he jumped down and ran to battle Shinobu, who was already standing there waiting for him.

At the WBBA headquarters….

"sir, your appointment is here" Tsubasa's secretary said.

"alright, send them up" Tsubasa replied.

A couple of minutes later, the director of the LBA stepped into Tsubasa's office.

"so you showed up" Tsubasa said, a bit cold.

"well, you asked" the director replied.

"what are you guys up to anyway? What's with all the explosions shaking the city?" Tsubasa snapped.

"explosions?" the LBA director replied, obviously a bit confused but keeping his calm.

"you know what I'm talking about" Tsubasa said. "there have been constant explosion-" another blast shook the building.

"oh, those explosions, I didn't know that they were affecting the other buildings. That is merely my squad leaders training against each other" the other director replied calmly.

Tsubasa gasped. "you mean to say that you have squad leaders with that much power? What about your black ops leader? Who is he? I have heard a rumor that he is robotic!"

"where did you hear that?" the LBA director replied." I can assure you, none of my squad leaders are robots. That is merely their helmet speakers."

"from a young blader named Zero Kurogane" Tsubasa replied. "he told me he had an encounter with your black ops leader"

The LBA director's mouth dropped open in shock, but he quickly regained his composure and closed it. "Zero? I'm sure it wasn't my black ops leader that he ran into then, what does he look like? I would have heard about any encounters."

"black hair with an orange streak, blue and yellow jacket, blue eyes" Tsubasa replied.

"ahh, the owner of Samurai Ifraid, I know him" the director replied. "he didn't run into my black ops leader, that was Benkei, owner of bull burger, zero must have been nearby when it happened…"the director trailed off, "argghh, you fool! You said too much!" he thought, clenching a fist.

"how did he manage to run into Benkei?" Tsubasa asked. "I've got him now" he thought.

"his helmet must have malfunctioned and he couldn't see or something" the director replied, making a quick comeback. "or he was deep in thought and wasn't paying attention."

"come on! How did he know that it was Benkei! And how did he know what zero's bey is?" Tsubasa wanted to scream, but kept his composure. "look, all I really wanted to know was what you guys are doing" he said.

"I'm afraid that's classified. I will say one thing however, we are keeping a close eye on Nemesis Island" the director replied, turning to leave.

"wait" Tsubasa said. The director stopped. "what are you watching nemesis for?"

"simple: to see if it breaks out. If it does, we have plans for it" the director replied, then left. Tsubasa gasped.

"plans? What can he mean?"

Back at the tournament…..

"and the winner is Zero Kurogane!" Blader guider yelled to the screaming, enthusiastic crowd.

Zero waved, then noticed the LBA bladers leaving. "mal!" he yelled, pointing.

"I'm on it!" mall called back, running after them. Zero followed as soon as his platform hit the ground.

On nemesis island…

"anything?" squad 3's leader asked, walking up behind another LBA blader, who couldn't seem to keep still.

"nothing, unless you count the amount of dark power seeping up from the ground. It hasn't stopped and seems to be increasing" the other blader, leader of squad 4, replied nervously.

"we need to report this to the director, quickly" squad 3's leader said, turning and running to the communications center. He pressed a button, requesting a connection with the directors office. Instead, the black ops leader showed up onscreen, helmetless. "you're back from that meeting already?" squad 3's leader said, surprised.

"yes, it ended a bit earlier than I expected" the black ops leader replied. "what is the problem there?"

"the amount of dark power seeping up from the ground has increased over the last couple of hours by about 5 percent. At this rate, nemesis could be awakened fully by the end of the week" squad 3's leader replied.

"alright" the black ops leader replied, not seeming too surprised by the information. "you know what to do if it fully awakes, right?"

"yes, contact you and the director immediately. If nemesis breaks out, contact you first." squad 3's leader replied.

the black ops leader grinned. "which shouldn't be too hard, as it is the same number for both of us, there isn't really a 'contact me first' option."

"true" the leader of squad 3 replied, stifling a laugh.

"well, I have to go, our other three squad leaders are back from that tournament now, and I have to get the data entered" the black ops leader said, pressing a hidden button on his suit and putting his helmet back up. "ill see you later"

"alright, bye" the leader of squad 3 replied, ending the connection.

Back at the LBA headquarters…

"so, how did it go?" the black ops leader asked as the leaders of squads 2, 5, and 9 entered the directors office.

"very well, there are quite a few strong bladers there" the red-orange clad leader of squad 2 replied.

"good, you have the data on them recorded?" the black ops leader said.

"yes, its right here" squad 5's leader replied, handing a small computer chip to the black ops leader, who plugged it into the director's computer. the three squad leaders turned to leave.

"oh, and one more thing" the black ops leader said. They turned. "we have to keep the explosions to a minimum, as the WBBA is getting a bit suspicious of us." he continued. They nodded, then left.

"they were collecting data?" mal whispered.

"on us… those dirty…." zero started to yell, but mal clapped a hand over his mouth as the black ops leader looked up.

"shh! He almost saw us!" mal hissed.

"sorry" zero whispered.

"come on, lets keep following those squad leaders" mal suggested, turning and crawling back through the vent. Zero followed.

The black ops leader pressed a button on the desktop. "would the leader of squad 6 please come to the directors office?" he said into the microphone, then pressed a button on the keyboard. "would the leader of squad 4 please report to the communications center?" another button. "I need a helicopter ready to go"

So… this chapter got itself to three pages, I'm probably going to write and post the fourth chapter today as well. As usual, don't forget to review and tell me what you think! and there's also the whole who do you think the squad leaders are, what is the LBA up to, are they good or bad thing. Also, I wasn't sure on Mal's gender, I'm going to say girl, but if I'm wrong please tell me. Also wasn't sure on how to spell Shinobu's last name…..