The next morning, Zero and Shinobu were up early. Excited to spend another day with Gingka, they quickly ran down to the LBA, meeting each other at the B-Pit on the way. Peeking inside, they saw that neither Mal or Madoka seemed to be awake yet. Arriving at the LBA, they found the doors locked, and were fairly embarrassed to notice that they wouldn't open for another three hours, until 9:00.

" guess we are a bit early" Zero said, out of breath.

"they are probably still sleeping" Shinobu replied, looking up at the third floor from the top.

They decided to get breakfast first, then go to Bey Park and come back at 9 when the LBA opened up.

-inside, on the third floor down-

Gingka was snoring away on the grass when Pegasus splashed him by jumping into the pool in another stunning dive. As usual, she was right on time. For the last two years, whenever Gingka fell asleep in her sanctuary, she had always woken him up the moment the clock turned to 6, flying up into the mist at 5:59 to hit the water at the exact moment when all the other Legend Bladers' alarm clocks would begin ringing. Gingka got up and stretched, signaling to Pegasus that he was awake before she could start another climb to splash him. Gingka dove into the pool with her, swimming under the waterfall and entering the secret room behind it. Pressing a button on the wall, he opened his closet. From his room, this would be the back wall, and only he knew about the secret passageway. He pulled out an outfit similar to the one he had worn while defeating Nemesis, and quickly got dressed. Tying his long scarf around his neck, he stepped out the front door to his closet and into his room. Crossing into the kitchen in a few steps, he started making breakfast, the rest of the Legend Bladers on the other floors doing the same. Kyoya, two floors below Gingka, was cooking an extra piece of meat, which he set down in Leone's jungle room. Peering through the trees, he saw the lion, still seeping on a high rock. On Ryuga's floor, L-Drago was lazily writing her name in fire on the floor of her volcanic-themed room. Ryuga was sitting nearby, still in his pajamas. Orion was trying to look busy as Chris walked in, but was really only flying around randomly. Titi was trying to untangle a drowsy Quetzalcoatl from the blankets of his bed, and Yuki was trying to wake up Anubis, who was trying to blend in as a statue in his Egyptian-temple themed room. King was wrestling with Ares in the Greek temple, Kenta was dodging Sagittario's flaming arrows, which really couldn't hurt him anyway, Aguma was still sleeping, but not for long, as Kronos had gotten out of its room and was sneaking up on him, and Dunamis was having a serious staring contest with Jupiter.

-a couple of hours later-

Zero and Shinobu entered the LBA at 9:30. Hikaru directed them up to the lounge where Gingka was waiting for them. As they walked in, they noticed that all ten of the Legend Bladers were there; relaxing, chatting with each other and drinking coffee or milk. Looking around for Gingka, they walked past Ryuga, who was sitting on a very oddly-shaped orange couch-like object, chatting with Titi, who was also sitting on a very oddly-shaped couch-like object, except his was gold and had a different pattern on it. Zero tripped and fell over, landing on the edge of Ryuga's "couch", which turned out to actually be L-Drago. Zero and Shinobu stepped back in fright as the Dragon Empress raised her head and growled at them, showing a row of impressively sharp fangs. Ryuga quickly grabbed one of her whiskers and pulled her back down, effectively regaining control and silently ordering her to be quiet. Quetzalcoatl raised her head at the sound of L-Drago's growling, dumping Titi on the ground as she did so. Titi grumbled and sat on her tail instead of the middle of her body and she laid her head in his lap. L-Drago's growl had attracted the attention of almost everyone in the room, as Kronos and Ares were on the defensive. Gingka was too busy glaring at Pegasus to notice, as she had suddenly decided that it would be a good idea to get up, effectively dumping Gingka on his head and knocking over Leone, who was trying to balance on one paw with Kyoya on his back. King and Aguma were busy calming their beys down. Pegasus was staring at the ground sheepishly, and Gingka was rubbing his forehead. Kyoya was sitting on the floor in a daze, and Leone was trying to get him to snap out of it by running in circles around him. Zero and Shinobu walked over. Gingka stood up and brushed himself off, then called out that break time was over for the morning.

"alright guys, just let me get Pegasus back to her room and then we will start" he said, tapping Pegasus on the nose to get her attention. She stretched her wings and followed him back up the elevator to their floor, where she got off and Gingka continued on with Zero and Shinobu. When they got to the training room, Anashi and Ren were racing on the obstacle course, the rest of the Black Ops squad was waiting for them to get through before starting. Gingka stepped over to one of the stadiums and pressed a button. Instantly, they were surrounded by a blast-proof metal wall, cutting them off from the rest of the training room.

"alright, first I want to see you two battle against each other, then you will team up and battle against me when you are ready, got it?" Gingka said, stepping back from the stadium and leaning against the wall to watch.

Zero and Shinobu stepped forward to battle, as they raised their launchers, Gingka started them off.

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"Let it Rip!"

Ifraid and Saramanda flew into the stadium. Ifraid instantly started circling like the attack type it was, while Saramanda took its usual defensive position. After about 10 minutes of fierce clashes, the battle ended, with Ifraid the winner.

"good job" Gingka commented. "you two certainly have spirit. Now, do you want another practice battle or do you think you can take me on?"

"uhm…uh…" Zero was not sure about it. "he wants us to battle him? I've seen his power! He'll make mincemeat of us in seconds! He'll take us out in one hit without even trying! He'll-" his thoughts were interrupted by Shinobu.

"I think we can do it if we work together" Shinobu said.

"what? Are you crazy? We don't even have close to the amount of power that he does!" Zero yelled, grabbing Shinobu's arm.

"actually, from what I just saw, even if I do use full power, you still have a fair chance at lasting for a while" Gingka thought, still leaning against the wall.

"Zero, if we synchrome our beys, he might not expect it, we can surprise him and maybe throw him off guard and win!" Shinobu whispered to Zero, pulling him aside.

"oh, I get it! If we throw him off guard and then use Ifraid's attack power suddenly when he isn't guarding, we have a chance to knock him out of the stadium before he figures it out!" Zero whispered back, pulling out Ifraid and taking it apart, Shinobu doing the same to create the synchromed Saramanda-Ifraid. "who's blading?" Zero asked.

"you do it, you have more experience with our synchrom" Shinobu replied. "I will step up and act like I am going to launch, then step back and watch the battle from there."

"ok" Zero replied, pulling out his launcher. "were ready then!" he called to Gingka, who stepped over to the edge of the stadium and readied his launcher with the speed and practiced ease of an experienced blader. Zero readied his launcher and attached Saramanda-Ifraid to the bottom of it. Shinobu readied his launcher and faked putting a bey on it.

"3!" Gingka called.

"2!"Shinobu continued.

"1!" Zero tightened his grip on the ripcord.

"Let it Rip!" Shinobu lowered his launcher and stepped back as Zero and Gingka launched.

"alright guys, are you ready? Go Pega- huh?" Gingka exclaimed, looking shocked.

"now Zero!" Shinobu exclaimed.

"Saramanda-Ifraid, Super Burning Upper!" Zero shouted, sending the synchrome into action.

"it worked! Great idea Shinobu!" Zero thought as their synchromed bey barreled towards Gingka's Pegasus with all the power it could.

"Saramanda-Ifraid? How did they do that?" Gingka thought, still in shock, just staring at the synchromed bey. Suddenly he realized it. 'uh-oh, they planned this! And I walked right into it!" he momentarily panicked, then dodged Zero's attack, jumping over Saramanda-Ifraid in the blink of an eye.

"not good!" Shinobu yelled. "darn! I though he would hold still for a second longer!"

"Pegasus, barrage mode!" Gingka called. Zero heard a clank as Pegasus's mode switched.

"wait what?" Zero and Shinobu yelled, caught off guard. Gingka smiled and they realized he had pulled their trick on them. Zero reacted, sending Saramanda-Ifraid around Pegasus as it attacked.

"so, its got two modes, so what? We know that now and wont get caught off guard again with it" Zero thought. Little did he know that he was dead wrong.

"you caught me off guard at first, ill give you that. And you also have enough control over your combined bey to dodge my attack, as well as the quick action that a blader needs to avoid defeat" Gingka said. "but, this is where it ends. Pegasus, upper and Final Drive mode!" another clank. Pegasus was racing around the stadium at twice the speed it had had before, and Gingka once again had the element of surprise. Zero dodged, but Pegasus flew back around the stadium at lightning speed. Zero tensed, ready to dodge again. "Pegasus, Big Bang Tornado!" Gingka called, and this time there was no dodging Pegasus's attack. Zero and Shinobu flinched as Saramanda-Ifraid hit the wall of the arena, falling motionless behind them. Then came the distinctive clink of a bey flying back to the blader's hand. Gingka put his launcher and bey away, then stepped around the stadium. Shinobu had picked up Saramanda-Ifraid and was looking at it.

"you guys did well, I was impressed with your blading skills" Gingka said, stepping up behind him. Shinobu jumped and looked up at the Legend Blader. Gingka smiled. "you had a good plan, and it almost worked" he said. "if I hadn't snapped out of confusion, you would have probably won." he turned to Zero, who was still staring at the stadium.

"how did you do it?" Zero asked, turning around. "you caught me completely off guard with that mode change! I didn't even know about it!"

Gingka smiled. "Pegasus's fusion wheel and energy ring can switch, locking themselves together into four combinations, four modes. The Final Drive performance tip can switch between semi-flat and rubber flat, greatly increasing the attack power and speed of the bey."

"amazing!" Zero said.

Gingka turned and pressed a button on his wrist. The steel walls around them slid down, and they once again found themselves in the training room. "come on, lets go visit the other legendary beys, ill tell you what they can do, sound good?" he said.

"ok!" Zero and Shinobu exclaimed, finishing putting their beys back together.

As they stepped out of the room, a whinny sounded down the hall. Gingka pulled out Pegasus and tossed it in the air, then closed his eyes and concentrated. Pegasus hit the ground, spinning. Gingka opened his eyes and continued down the hall to the elevator, Pegasus spinning along close behind, taking the stairs as the doors to the elevator closed.

"how did you…?" Shinobu exclaimed.

"Pegasus needed her bey form, that trick can easily be done with concentration. But you need to be able to make your bey spin faster while in combat first, like when it is spinning slowly and you increase its speed." Gingka replied, pressing a button. "we'll start at the bottom and go up"

-5 minutes later-

Gingka pressed the button next to King's door, requesting access. The door soon slid open to reveal Ares standing there. "can we come in?" Gingka asked. "these two want to see your room" he indicated Zero and Shinobu.

Ares nodded and led the way.

Seconds later, they found themselves in a mini version of a Greek temple. Zero and Shinobu stared at all the pillars that stretched out all across the room, the statues of Grecian gods and goddesses, and the marble flooring. Ares pressed a button and rolled down the slope that appeared, Gingka following close behind. At the bottom, waiting for them, was King, who instantly tackled Ares to the ground. Ares shoved him off and got up, indicating that they had visitors. "Ares is the only Legendary bey other than L-Drago Destroy that rotates counter-clockwise" Gingka said. "it can switch between attack and defense modes, and that's about all I know about it." After talking to King for a while and introducing Zero and Shinobu, Gingka led them back to the elevator, leaving King and Ares to wrestle.

Going up a floor in the elevator, they soon found themselves facing Leone at the door to Kyoya's floor. Zero and Shinobu hid behind Gingka, who scratched Leone's ears and requested to see his jungle room. As soon as they entered, Leone bounded off into the dense forest. "Leone can switch modes, but Kyoya has to do it before the battle. It has its counter mode, or defense mode, which Kyoya prefers. 5 minutes later, Leone came out chasing Kyoya. Just as Leone was about to pounce, Kyoya grabbed a branch and swung up, leaving Leone to pounce into the mini river. Gingka laughed. Kyoya jumped and glared at him. Gingka glared back, and Zero and Shinobu watched as the two rivals locked themselves into a staring contest. Leone got out of the river and shook himself off, effectively ending the staring contest and sending Gingka and Kyoya running for cover behind a bush. Seconds later, the two tackled Leone, then jumped off. Kyoya ran back into the forest with Leone chasing him, while Gingka, Zero and Shinobu ran back to the elevator.

After visiting Kronos and Aguma in their Chinese mountains, Gingka took Zero and Shinobu up to Dunamis's floor. The door slid open as soon ad Gingka requested access, and he led them to Jupiter's room. Jupiter was sitting in the middle of the temple on top of mist mountain, staring at Dunamis, who was sitting on his throne and staring back. "Jupiter has metal balls inside it's fusion wheel, enabling it to switch between attack and defense mode." Gingka whispered. Dunamis held a finger to his lips, indicating that he wanted it quiet. Gingka turned and left the room, Zero and Shinobu following.

At Yuki's floor, they found themselves in another temple, this one Egyptian. At Chris's floor, they were in space, near the constellation Orion, as Gingka explained about Phantom Orion's Bearing Drive performance tip. They were almost knocked over by a hyper Quetzalcoatl on Titi's floor, Titi himself lying in the center of the maze, out of breath as Gingka explained about the Death fusion wheel's mode change functions.

Later, on Kenta's floor, they dodged Sagittario's target practice as they walked in, Gingka once again explaining the mode change of another fusion wheel and the advantages to a tall spin track. After that, they went to Ryuga's floor. Finding themselves an the side of a volcano, they stepped over flowing lava and jumped over fire on their way to the top, where Gingka assured them Ryuga was located. Suddenly, Gingka stopped, right in front of a small patch of flames with a trail of fire leading to the other side of the mountain. Zero went to step over it, but Gingka held him back. "don't" he said, cutting off his description of L-Drago's spin-stealing powers. Zero looked at him in confusion. why can't we step over this one? Its smaller than all the others we have been stepping over." Gingka leapt back as the patch of flame raised its head and roared at them. Zero and Shinobu dove behind Gingka, who was greeting L-Drago and requesting permission to see Ryuga. The Dragon Empress nodded at his request and flew off toward the top, making a bridge of herself aver the wide river of lava separating them from the top of the mountain. As they walked in, Gingka fist-bumped Ryuga, who was leaning against the wall, and introduced Zero and Shinobu. Zero gulped as the Dragon Emperor opened his golden eyes and looked at him, then moved on to Shinobu before closing them again and offering to show them the shortcut down the volcano. Gingka grinned and said to go ahead, he already knew how. Ryuga pulled a lever on the wall, extinguishing the flames and smoothing the surface, then diving for the cave entrance, Gingka close behind. Laughing, the two legend bladers rolled down the steep hill, all the way to the bottom. Ryuga got up laughing, then fell down again as Gingka rolled into his legs. Getting up, he tackled Gingka, who rolled over on top of him and pinned him. L-Drago soon joined the fight, wrapping around them both and flying into the air with them. Gingka yelled and tried to get loose, but L-Drago flew higher. Ryuga had managed to get on her back and was pulling Gingka up. Zero and Shinobu stared, afraid to go down the mountain, until L-Drago hit them with her flaming tail and knocked them over, sending them rolling down. Gingka jumped off at the entrance and saluted Ryuga, who waved back and took off on L-Drago. Out of breath, Gingka opened the door and led Zero and Shinobu out.

-5 minutes later-

After grabbing lunch in Gingka's kitchen, Zero and Shinobu left for bey park. heading back to his floor, Gingka pressed a button on the wall, and the mist cleared, revealing the winged horse snoring on a platform above, her huge wings hanging down. Gingka ran, grabbed a tree branch, and flipped up, climbing the tree to the top, then leaping for a low platform nearby. Jumping up and climbing onto other platforms, higher and higher, her finally reached Pegasus and shoved her off the platform. She caught herself in midair, and flew back up, pushing Gingka off the platform as well. He grabbed the edge of a nearby platform and swung to another, starting a game of skill.

-a couple of hours later, at the B-Pit-

"I wonder where Zero and Shinobu are, I haven't seen them all day today or yesterday after we went to bull burger" Mal commented, sitting on the counter. Madoka was cleaning up nearby.

"now that you mention it, I haven't either" she said, putting the broom away. At that moment, Zero and Shinobu rushed in, along with Ren and Anashi.

"tie!" they all called at once, ramming into the counter.

"there you guys are!" Madoka exclaimed. "where have you been?"

"at the LBA headquarters" they all replied at once.

"at the LBA? Why were you there? Hoping to see Gingka or something?" Mal said.

"nope, Gingka gave us a tour of almost the entire building!" Zero said.

Madoka's eyes widened. "he did?" she said. "is he still there? I'd like to see him."

"well, I was there, but now I'm here" Gingka said from the doorway, putting his helmet down as he entered. He stepped over and ruffled Anashi's hair. "I was wondering if you would like a tour, Madoka. Come over anytime, the offer is open, or we can go there right now"

"well, I have to close up shop right now, so give me an hour and ill be over" Madoka replied, smiling and blushing.

"ok, see you then. You know where it is right?" Gingka said, stepping towards the door as he heard an impatient whinny outside.

"yeah, I can see it from the WBBA" she replied.

"alright then, ill be off" Gingka said as he stepped out the door. Moments later they heard wing beats, and the wind picked up, blowing everything around. Zero and Shinobu glanced at each other, then ran outside just in time to see Pegasus soar into the clouds with Gingka on her back.