I have no good excuses for why this is late. I was procrastinating. That is all. Enjoy.

When Yuki woke, all he knew was a dull ache that spread through his entire body. He groaned faintly, the sound of his own voice echoing inside his head as he opened his eyes, squinting as he was met with a bright white light. Suddenly, he remembered what had happened, and gasped, his eyes snapping open fully.

"Where am I?!" The panicked thought entered his mind as he tried to look around, only to find that movement sent pain shooting through his entire body. He grunted, biting his lip to keep from crying out.

"Mr. Mizusawa? Please relax. It is alright." a nurse said, entering.

"W-where…?" Yuki grunted, finding it difficult and painful to breathe.

"You are in the hospital. Everything will be okay but you should not move, as you are badly injured."

"How… Did I get here?" Yuki blinked in confusion, trying to clear his mind.

"Your friend Gingka Hagane brought you here, sir."

"Where is he?" Yuki asked.

"He went to rest somewhere, supposedly."

"What do you mean supposedly?"

"We saw an explosion several hours ago that indicates he was not resting. We are trying to contact him now to let him know that you are awake."

"Alright.." Yuki muttered, sighing shakily and wincing.

"Hagane."

"Nnn…."

"Hagane."

"Hnn?"

"Wake up!"

Gingka yelped and sat bolt upright as a pillow smacked him in the face, hard. He glared sleepily at Ryuga. Before the Dragon Emperor knew what was happening, he had been knocked flat on his back by another pillow.

"Why you little-!" Ryuga snarled as he lunged for Gingka, who yelped and threw the remaining pillows on one bed in rapid succession before diving over the other bed and hiding behind it. Ryuga scrambled onto the bed and smacked Gingka with several pillows before smirking, then yelping as the redhead tackled him to the ground before somersaulting atop the other bed in a single movement. As Ryuga stood, he was pelted by four pillows in rapid-fire succession. The white-haired blader soon returned fire, knocking Gingka off the bed and onto the floor.

Gingka sat up and immediately began throwing pillows again, Ryuga caught one and used it to block the others from hitting him.

"Cool it, Hagane!" Ryuga snarled, knocking Gingka flat on his back with another well-aimed pillow.

"You started it!" Gingka said, leaping to his feet and throwing the pillow back, knocking Ryuga off the bed.

"Your phone was ringing!" Ryuga growled, knocking Gingka down again.

"... Why didn't you say so in the first place?"

"You were attacking me!"

"You attacked first!" Gingka snapped as he got up.

"You wouldn't wake up!"

"You didn't have to hit me with a pillow!"

"Well I did!"

"Because your phone was ringing and now you missed the call!" Ryuga growled.

Gingka grumbled under his breath and scrambled across the bed to reach for his phone. Just as he grabbed it, Ryuga smacked him in the face with another pillow and knocked him off of it again.

"Why you-!" Gingka tackled his rival and soon had Ryuga pinned.

"Just answer your phone, idiot." Ryuga growled, throwing Gingka off of him before standing and leaning against the wall, his arms crossed and eyes closed.

Gingka grumbled something under his breath and picked up his phone, frowning slightly as he noticed that it was the hospital that had called. He sighed and tapped the call back button, then held the phone to his ear, trying to calm himself down from the pillow fight with Ryuga.

"Mr. Hagane?"

"Yeah. Sorry I missed the call a minute ago. I was occupied." Gingka said, looking pointedly at Ryuga, who huffed and looked away, a slight smirk of amusement on his face.

"It's alright sir. We were merely calling to tell you that your friend Yuki Mizusawa has regained consciousness. He should be fine, but will not be able to leave the hospital for quite a while."

Gingka breathed a sigh of relief. "Alright. Thank you."

"You're welcome sir. Have a good evening." The nurse hung up.

Gingka blinked. "Evening?"

"You were out for nearly twelve hours after that two in the morning snack of yours." Ryuga grumbled.

"... Oh."Gingka looked sheepish.

Ryuga rolled his eyes. "You are more of an idiot than I thought."

"Hey!" Gingka gained a tick mark and threw a pillow at Ryuga once more. The Dragon Emperor evaded it rather easily, a smirk playing across his lips as he stared down his redheaded rival.

"You wanna go, Hagane?" Ryuga said, beginning to glow.

"We'll have to take it outside then." Gingka growled as the fire ignited behind his eyes.

Ryuga smirked. "Let's go then." He opened the window and jumped out. Gingka blinked and quickly followed.

The two darted through the streets, an unofficial race beginning as they ran towards the outer edge of the city, towards a place where they could battle without blowing up any buildings. Ryuga panted slightly and growled under his breath as he realized that Gingka was actually winning. Ryuga's own injuries that were somehow still present from the battle with Nemesis were beginning to slow him down. The Dragon Emperor growled at this, crouching for an instant before springing ahead at a faster pace than before. Soon, he and Gingka reached the edge of the city and plunged into the forest.

"You've gotten faster Hagane, I'll give you that." Ryuga growled.

Gingka smirked. "It's been six years. I should hope so."

Ryuga rolled his eyes and huffed. "You're still an idiot though."

Gingka chuckled. "Perhaps. Perhaps. But I still beat Nemesis, which you failed to do."

Ryuga's eyes flashed red. "Don't remind me." He snarled, expecting Gingka to scuttle for cover, as many others had before, but the redhead just laughed and waved it off.

"Let's go then." Gingka said, reaching for his launcher. Ryuga whipped his launcher out in an instant, then paused as a ringing sound came from Gingka's pocket.

"You have a phone call, Hagane."

Gingka rolled his eyes and replaced his launcher in its case. "One second… Dynamis?" He blinked and answered. "Hello?"

"Gingka. I cannot get in contact with Yuki. Do you know where he is?" Dynamis's calm voice came through the speaker.

"Ahh… He's in the hospital." Gingka said. "He and I had a little run-in with a snake."

"I see. Is he alright?" An undertone of worry entered Dynamis's voice.

"He should be. They said he's awake, at least, which I assume is a good thing." Gingka said. "Why did you need to talk to him?"

"Strange things are beginning to happen." Dynamis said. "Things which I assumed he had noticed from his observatory."

"... Is this going to be another 'will of the heavens' thing?" Gingka asked slowly. Ryuga let out a snort.

Dynamis chuckled. "As a matter of fact, no. I have merely noticed a couple of items of interest in the news lately. Things that the majority of the world's population would not have noticed but they stood out to me, and I assume will have stood out to the others as well if they have read this particular article."

"Such as?" Gingka asked.

"A certain advertisement looking for bladers wanting to become stronger by joining an organization. However, the wording of this suggests that the advertiser wants those who have nobody else to turn to, who would otherwise not stand much of a chance."

"So it was worded like they were looking for bladers who have nothing." Gingka frowned. "That certainly matches up with some things I've been seeing recently."

"Such as?" Dynamis sounded intrigued.

"Yuki and I have found that the Garcias are up to something. Something big. A definite threat." Gingka said.

"I see. So it is once more time to take up arms."

"Perhaps." Gingka said. "We don't know exactly what they're up to just yet. I think Yuki wanted to investigate a bit more before we decided for sure what to do. We don't know what they want to do and this organization is already pretty large by the looks of things."

"You are letting him decide then?"

"Once he gets out of the hospital, yeah. He and I probably can't take them out alone before they could do some damage." Gingka said.

"I see." Dynamis said.

"First though we need to figure out the extent of their network, assuming they have one of some sort." Gingka said. "But we can't let them know we're investigating them."

"I see." Dynamis said. "I will keep an eye out for them around here."

"Thanks, Dynamis. I'll contact the others and tell them."

"I will call the other Solar System bladers and tell them." Dynamis said. "You continue what you were doing there."

"Which at the moment means battling Ryuga." Gingka chuckled. "And then calling Kyoya, Kenta, and Chris, I suppose."

".. Battling who?" Dynamis blinked.

"Apparently Ryuga survived. He and I were about to battle when you called." Gingka said.

"If you do not want the Garcias to know that you are there then you should avoid making yourselves to obvious. Battles between Legendary Bladers are not exactly small things. They will be noticed by anyone within a fairly large radius."

"... True…" Gingka frowned and glanced at Ryuga, who raised an eyebrow. "But I wanted to battle."

Dynamis chuckled under his breath at the redhead. "I understand. But from what you have told me, now is not the time."

Ryuga animefell as Gingka let out a childish whine. "But Dynamis!"

Dynamis facepalmed, honestly wanting to bang his head on the stone walls that surrounded him.

"Hagane, you're still an idiot…" Ryuga grumbled as he got back up.

Gingka grinned. "I try."

Dynamis sweatdropped. "How did you end up in charge again?"

Gingka laughed. "Because I beat you all in bey battle, that's how. Remember?"

Dynamis chuckled. "Yes, I know. I shall let you return to what you were doing. Be careful."

"Never am." Gingka grinned.

Dynamis sweatdropped again. "Do it anyway. If Yuki was badly injured by not being careful out there, then you could be as well. We cannot have any more setbacks."

"Fine." Gingka chuckled. "I'll be careful for once. Seeya later Dynamis."

"Goodbye, Gingka. Perhaps we should all speak together about this."

"Yeah. I'll call everyone from Yuki's observatory once he has recovered." Gingka said.

"Alright. I will tell the others to be awaiting that call."

"Thanks. Seeya then." Gingka hung up and turned back to Ryuga, who was banging his head against a tree.

"Uhh… Ryuga?"

"Why did I ever agree to join you…" Ryuga growled.

Gingka chuckled. "No clue. But you did. Shall we get you some clothes that aren't so tattered? You look like some homeless dude."

Ryuga huffed and looked down at his clothing, frowning as he realized that Gingka was in fact correct about his clothing, which now fit him pretty badly.

"Fine." He growled.

Gingka chuckled. "Off we go then." He turned and led the way through the forest, back towards the city, the thought of battle having been forgotten for the time being.

Phew. Bit shorter of a chapter length than usual and it's a week late but oh well. I am a terrible procrastinator. I shall try to get another chapter finished and posted but we'll see how that goes. It will probably not be until next week that I post another chapter. Until next time, Galaxy out!