XD I'm back! Before I start the chapter, I have a shout-out to a story that I have been reading recently. It is called 'A New Love: Another Story' by mysterygirl2.0. I think I had another story that I was supposed to give a shout-out for, but I forgot what it was… Oh well, if anyone knows what it is, please remind me. Gingka?
Gingka: GalaxyPegasus14 does not own MFB.
Anashi: She only owns her OCs, the plotline, and the Warriors.
Arashi: Enjoy!
"Okay, so now that we finally know just what has been going on in Japan over the past few years, and why you guys all suddenly disappeared without a trace or an explanation, except for Madoka's call saying that the DNA had a new weapon known as Stormflight. So, what is the plan, exactly?" Da Xiang asked as everyone sat in the lounge, some standing against the walls and Gingka next to the coffee table.
"Well," Gingka began, turning on what looked like a tablet and pressing a few buttons, "First, we need the map. Yuki! How does this object work anyway?"
Masamune snickered as Yuki came over to help his redheaded comrade with the device on the table. A three-dimensional map soon popped up and Yuki whispered a few explanatory words into Gingka's ear, then stepped back.
"Alright, now that I at least kind of know how to work this thing, we do a few small strikes, make them either mad or afraid. We can't start with Tokyo, since we don't know their exact capabilities, considering that we only left our base about two months ago after hiding out in it for about twelve years. Now, we can start with striking Koma Village a few times, just to see what they-and we- can do."
"So, how do we start with that?" Zero asked.
"Well, we start by striking in small groups here," Gingka tapped a portion of the map and it lit up. "And here, also here…" the redhead tapped several more portions of the map. "This thing is really cool, even though I don't know half of how to work it. Anyway, all of these lit up portions we will strike at first, try to cripple their Koma defenses. If we can do that, we can move further out. Our key is to stay one step ahead of them, strike where they will hopefully least expect. Eventually, we will reach Tokyo, and then there will be no retreat. At Tokyo, we win or die trying."
Everyone fell silent for a few moments, then Nile spoke up.
"What is the plan for the initial strike then?"
"Well, we need to split up into five teams. Each team should have two Warriors on it, we already know who we pair up with. Maru, Madoka, and Hikaru can stay here, and we will need even teams. I'll let you guys work it out, just split up into numbers that are at least close to even. Yuki, I need to see what weapons and stuff we have, stuff we can use." Gingka said. "I'll meet you guys back here tomorrow evening. Until then, rest up, and get ready for tomorrow's battle."
"Do you think that Dad's plan will work?" Anashi asked. She and Arashi were hanging out in his room, she lazing around on the bare floor with a blanket from her room, and he laying on his bed staring up at the ceiling.
"I hope so, he should know what he's doing." Arashi replied.
Anashi reached back for her bey, pulling it out and spinning it around on the floor absentmindedly.
The Hagane twins were silent for a few minutes, until a knock came on the door.
"Come in." Arashi called.
"Oh good, you're both here." Gingka said as he stepped into the room.
"Hey dad, what's up?" Anashi asked.
"Well, your mom said that you guys didn't know much about bey battling, so i thought I'd come and ask if you wanted to go do some training." Gingka explained.
"Sure! When?" Arashi asked.
"Well, whenever you wanted to. We could do it tonight and have the whole training room to ourselves, or we could do it tomorrow and potentially have to share it with the others. I'll let you guys choose, but Kyoya and Takeshi are already down there."
"Tonight sounds good to me. Anashi?" Arashi replied.
"Yeah, let's do it!" Anashi scrambled to her feet with a grin plastered across her face.
"Let me get my belt and gear then." Arashi stood and reached for the hook on the wall that his belt and gear were hanging from.
"You know, i still wonder what is up with this belt. It obviously was one of a pair at one time." Anashi commented as her brother buckled the brown leather around his waist.
"I just wonder what happened to the other half." Arashi replied.
Gingka suddenly laughed, earning a puzzled look from the twins. "Madoka never told you, did she?"
"Huh? Told us what?" The two said in stereo.
"Anashi has the other one, the belts you guys are wearing are a pair."
"How do you know that?" Arashi asked as they started down the hallway.
"Because, those are the ones i wore when i was your age." Gingka replied.
"Oh, cool!" Anashi exclaimed.
The three chattered about other things until they reached the stadium, where Kyoya and Takeshi were already battling, or rather, Kyoya was battling and Takeshi was trying to regain control of Storm Leone while he got his butt kicked.
"Are we going to be making colored flames like you do?" Arashi asked excitedly as he faced his father across the stadium.
"Not right away, but eventually. That kind of thing takes a while." Gingka replied, raising his launcher. "We'll start with the launch positions. Don't launch yet, just show me your stance."
Anashi and Arashi raised their launchers as Gingka stepped around the stadium.
"Hmm..." The redhead muttered a few things under his breath as he carefully adjusted their positions.
"You two are both leaning forwards too much." He said, grabbing their shoulders and straightening their posture.
"Now, get your beys." Gingka returned to the other side of the stadium and raised his launcher, attaching his blue and silver bey to it.
Anashi reached for the case on her right hip, pulling out a silver and orange synchrom while Arashi pulled out a silver and purple one.
"Three!" Gingka called.
"Two!" Arashi replied, excitement building in his mind as he tightened his grip on his launcher.
"One!" Anashi's turquoise eyes sparkled with excitement as her arm muscles tensed for launch.
"Let it Rip!"
"Alright guys, let's see whet you've got!" Gingka challenged, widening his stance.
"Lightning Pegasus!" Arashi ordered his silver and purple bey to charge the silver and blue one, but Gingka dodged the attack without moving a muscle.
"Go, Flame!" Anashi followed up her brother's attack, but missed, nearly losing control and flying out of the stadium.
"Pegasus!" Gingka attacked the twins' beys, sending both of them flying to land on the opposite side of the stadium.
"Come on Anashi, let's go!" Arashi called, widening his stance.
"Control, that's what you need first." Gingka said. "So, instead of battling, I want you to try to copy me exactly."
"Control? But I thought we had control!" Arashi replied.
"Not the amount of control needed to do this." Gingka said, as Samurai Pegasus sped up, circling the stadium rapidly. Moments later, it was spinning in one position, having abruptly stopped its charge.
"Whoa." the twins were stunned.
"Now, easier things first." Gingka said as his blue and silver bey began circling the stadium normally. "Anashi, what spin track and performance tip does your bey have?"
"U-umm…" Anashi trailed off, thinking. "I don't know, actually."
"Anashi has Tornado 125 and Right Rubber Flat." Madoka spoke up from the elevator doors, entering the room.
"Right Rubber Flat, huh? Well, I can easily teach you how to use that one." Gingka said. "And Arashi?"
"135 and Hole Flat." Madoka replied.
"Both attack types?"
"I figured they would want to be able to keep up with your speed." Madoka explained.
Gingka chuckled. "Madoka, nobody has been able to match Pegasus when it comes to speed, not for the last few years or so."
"Huh?"
"I'll show you." Gingka said, turning his attention back to the stadium. "While I'm demonstrating this, you two get your beys to hold still in the very center of the stadium, got it?"
The twins nodded.
"Good. Alright, let's go Pegasus!"
The silver and blue bey tilted forwards slightly as it picked up speed, barreling around the stadium.
"Time to disappear!" Gingka called.
"Showoff!" Kyoya shouted, glancing over form his battle with Takeshi.
Gingka grinned. "Pegasus, Light Speed Storm Bringer!"
Madoka and the twins gasped as Samurai Pegasus literally disappeared from their sight.
"Where did it go?" Arashi asked.
"You lost concentration, I would suggest heading back to the center before you reach the space between two and four inches from the edge." Gingka said.
"Huh? Between two and four inches? Why?" Arashi sent his bey towards the area.
Moments later, the brown-haired teen looked at the wall behind him in shock as his silver and purple bey dropped out of the crack it had made and fell motionless to the ground.
"Told you, you might want to stay away from that area." Gingka sighed.
"Huh? But I didn't see anything!" Arashi protested as he went to pick up his bey.
"Pegasus's special move is still in effect, it's called Light Speed Storm Bringer for a reason. It is moving faster than your eyes can see." Gingka replied. "You went into its path, and now you see what happens when you do that."
"How did you get it to move that fast?" Madoka asked.
"Training, of course!" Gingka grinned. "The robots won't know what hit them when we unleash this on them."
"I did it!" Anashi exclaimed suddenly, pointing at the silver and orange bey spinning steadily in the center.
"Good job Anashi!" Gingka said. "Alright Pegasus, slow down!"
The silver and blue bey appeared on the edge of the stadium suddenly, spinning perfectly in a single spot, demonstrating the perfect control that Gingka had over it.
"Your turn Arashi!" Gingka called.
"Alright, let's do this Lightning! Let it Rip!" Arashi launched, then sent his bey to the center. After a few minutes of intense concentration, he finally got it to spin in place next to his sister's Flame Pegasus.
"Great job guys!" Madoka called.
"It's a great start, you guys have the skills, we just need to tune them." Gingka said. "Now, let's see your attack power! Pegasus!"
The silver and blue bey moved from its position on the edge of the stadium and began circling normally.
"Flame!" Anashi sent her bey to attack, her orange and silver bey pushing against Gingka's silver and blue one. Samurai won out in the end however, and Anashi felt like she was pressing against a solid wall.
"Lightning!" Arashi joined the attack, and the two grinned as their beys began pushing Gingka's back.
"Yeah! Keep it up!" Anashi cheered.
"Not so fast!" Gingka called. Samurai Pegasus suddenly stopped and pushed their beys back, sending them both flying to opposite sides of the stadium. The blue flames of his Legend Aura wrapped themselves around him like a cloak, as the twins stared.
"How do you do that?" Anashi asked.
"Its just the amount of power that I have." Gingka replied. "next thing: special moves."
"Special moves? I've heard that term dozens of times, but nobody ever bothered to show me what one was, since they said something about it causing an explosion." Arashi said.
"Simple. I'll show you the effects of one, since Light Speed Storm Bringer was one. However, this time, I'll slow it down a bit so you can see the attack." Gingka said. "Pegasus, fly!"
The silver and blue synchrom leapt into the air as Gingka continued speaking.
"A special move is created using a combination of the bey's and blader's abilities. However, if there's no spirit in the move, you almost don't have a move. Pegasus, Stardust Twister Attack!"
An explosion shook the ground, and the twins ducked as their beys flew over their heads and out of the stadium.
"Now, who wants to do the obstacle course?" Gingka asked.
Madoka placed a gentle but firm hand on her husband's arm. "Gingka, it's getting late. Why don't we all go to bed now and finish this in the morning?"
"We have a country to free in the morning, but okay, I see your point." Gingka said.
"Can we stay down here a bit longer? I want to try creating a special move. Jinx!" the two twins said in sync.
"Well, I guess so." Madoka said.
Gingka pulled a small object out of his pocket. "This will get you back into the dorms, just slip it underneath our door when you get back up there." he handed it to Arashi, who carefully put it into his pocket.
"Alright, goodnight mom, dad!" the twins hugged their parents, then returned to the stadium.
"Let it Rip!" was the last thing Gingka and Madoka heard as the elevator doors closed.
"Go, Flame Pegasus!" Anashi called.
"Lightning!" Arashi responded.
"How do we come up with a name, anyway?" Anashi asked.
Arashi shrugged. "We'll worry about that later, let's just make a move for now! Go, Pegasus!"
Lightning and Flame clashed, as their bladers concentrated on getting pumped.
"What are you guys doing?" Eiichi and Zero came down a few minutes later to find the Hagane twins locked in a fierce clash, with neither of them giving an inch. Turquoise clashed with golden-brown as they stared each other down across the stadium.
"They're battling, and well into it." Zero smiled, then stepped over to another stadium. "Let's get going ourselves, Eiichi!"
The ten-year-old nodded and ran over to face his father.
"Ifraid, Burning Upper!" Anashi and Arashi glanced over a few minutes later to see Zero's special move in-progress. The two watched for a few moments, fascinated. Suddenly, something clicked in both of their minds.
"Flame Pegasus!" Anashi began attacking ferociously, but Arashi drove her back towards the edge of the stadium, tossing her into the air.
"Ahh! Flame!" Anashi panicked, but her bey landed safely back in the stadium.
After hours of battling, with Anashi getting thrown out over and over again, the two finally looked at the clock to see that they had been up all night, along with Zero and Eiichi. Takeshi had gone to bed, discouraged, at about midnight, along with Kyoya, but the green-haired teen now returned, and just in time.
"Guardian Ifraid, Sword of the Guardian!" Eiichi called, much to his friends' and father's surprise.
"Go, Samurai Ifraid!" Zero countered, but was even more surprised when his son's newly-created special move withstood his attack.
"Eiichi! How did you do that?" Arashi called, tossing Flame Pegasus into the air again.
"I-I don't know! I just… did!" Eiichi replied, glowing a light blue color.
"Alright! If he can do it, then we can too!" Anashi exclaimed as her bey once again landed back in the stadium.
"Have you guys been in here all night?" Gingka's voice said from the doorway.
"Yeah, we have." Zero replied, attacking Eiichi again. "Ifraid, Burning Tornado Upper!"
"You're using your strongest move against him?" Gingka was surprised, having missed Eiichi's move.
"Yeah, because of that!" Zero pointed as a cloak of blue flames wrapped itself around Guardian Ifraid.
"Do it again! Sword of the Guardian!" Eiichi called.
The two moves collided, creating a small explosion, but impressive for Eiichi.
"Aww man! You beat me again dad!" the black-and-gold-haired blader exclaimed as his bey landed at his feet.
"But, you came up with your own special move! I'm so proud of you son!" Zero ruffled Eiichi's hair and hugged him.
Gingka smiled at the scene, but his attention was suddenly caught by something else.
"Flame Pegasus, Flaming Star Crash!"
The redheaded Legendary Blader turned in surprise, only to see a ball of flames diving down on the purple and silver bey in the stadium below, his daughter enveloped in blazing orange flames.
"No fair!" Arashi exclaimed, picking his bey up off the ground after impact.
"Good job Anashi!" Gingka called, grinning.
"Let's go again! I'm going to keep this up until I make a move too!" Arashi held up his bey.
"Then let me in on this!" Gingka stepped up to the stadium and raised his launcher.
"Three, Two, One! Let it Rip!" Madoka entered the room to the cry.
"Fly, Pegasus!" Gingka soon had his bey in the air.
"Flame, Jump!" Anashi made a fairly successful attempt at following her father, while Arashi remained tied to the ground.
"Come on Lightning, I know we have it in us somehow!" the brunette teen muttered.
"Not so fast, Anashi! Pegasus, Stardust Twister Attack!" Gingka attacked, with both of the twins' beys in his line of fire.
"Flame! Flaming Star Crash!" Anashi responded.
Arashi panicked. "Dodge it Lightning!"
The silver and purple bey darted away, around the stadium. Anashi's bey flew out of control as it hit the stadium floor, then stopped spinning and sat motionless.
Gingka growled under his breath. "Not good!" he muttered, unable to stop his own attack. The center of the stadium cracked halfway up the sides as Samurai Pegasus made impact with the ground, and was left spinning, but barely.
"Yahoo!" Arashi sent his bey barreling around the stadium.
Gingka grinned, spotting the fire in his son's eyes. "Here it comes!" he yelled. "Pegasus, Storm Bringer!"
"Lightning Pegasus, Blade of Thunder!" Arashi called, glowing a bright purple.
Me: Woot Woot! They finally created their special moves!
Takeshi: Except for me… Why don't I have a special move?
Me: Don't worry, you'll get one… As soon as I can make up one for you.
Takeshi:-pouts-
Me: Hey, cut that out!
Eiichi: Well, while she's busy yelling at Takeshi, I'm supposed to tell you guys that the next chapter involves the strike on Koma Village that was mentioned in this chapter.
Zero: And, until next time, Let it Rip!