Chapter 7: Newfound Rivals:
GanGan Galaxy now found themselves in their home territory.
Japan...
They were welcomed back home to extremely warm by their hometown crowd, at one point, they were swarmed by so many fans, they could hardly walk.
And there were even some Kyoya fans in the crowd who tried to give Gingka a hard time, but this of course did not phase him.
As they walked by the familiar Bey Park, they had heard a very friendly and familiar voice calling out to them. "HEY YOU GUYS!" The voice of a young boy was heard.
Yu, Gingka and Masamune all immediately recognize this voice. "KENCHI!" Yu shouts as he runs at his friend. Yu runs into Kenta's arms, embracing him and knocking him down to the ground.
"Kenta!" Gingka, Masamune and Madoka all say at the same time.
Gingka was the first out of the three to greet him. "How you been pal?"
"Hey Gingka." Kenta says this before looking down at the ground. "WELCOME HOME!" He excitedly lunges at Gingka accidentally knocking both over the railing and into the small river of Bey Park.
The two friends laugh at this while everyone continues to socialize with one another.
Shortly after this, Madoka makes the suggestion to take everyone to another familiar and friendly location...
After getting all reacquainted with each other, the reunited friend group all went to Madoka and her father's store, B-Pit.
"Of course I watched your battles!" Kenta excitedly says. "The Chinese Team, The Russian Team I saw them all."
Masamune then arrogantly butts in. "Naturally my moves were amazing! Wouldn't you agree Kenta?"
"Yeah!" Kenta continues. "Like in your battle with Chao-Xin!" Kenta says this due to the fact that Masamune had only had one televised battle that Kenta was able to see.
Yu decided to taunt Masamune about this since he and Masamune had the same number of battles as each. "Masa-Mu-Mu's only had one battle, the same number as me, the sub!" Yu then laughs at the regular member of the team.
Gingka then adds on to Masamune's burn. "That's because Masamune got himself lost in The Russian Wilderness."
Masamune chuckles lightly. "I told you not to mention that."
Kenta makes another statement to GanGan Galaxy. "The important thing is, you all were able to make it back home without losing, now it's time to get the third round started! I'm totally fired up!"
Gingka then follows this up. "Yeah, it's go time!" He looks at his Galaxy Pegasus. "It's almost time to meet him face to face." He then forms a serious face.
Gingka's Flashback:
"There's only one person in the world that I want to defeat and that's you Gingka, It's you!"
Gingka once again has a brief flashback to what Kyoya said to him the last time the two of them had been in Japan. Those words have echoed with him since the day they were said to him.
Gingka then begins to make a statement. "He feels so strongly about this, I will just take him on like all the others!" He says as he clutches onto his Pegasus. The tension Gingka was feeling was understandable by everyone.
"Gingka?" Kenta asks, with full concern in his voice.
Everyone except Masamune has already accepted that it was obvious that Gingka was going to battle Kyoya. Masamune wasn't going to let his frustrations go unheard. "NO FAIR! I WANT TO BATTLE KYOYA TOO!"
"Masamune?" Everyone says as they all look at him like he has a screw loose.
Masamune then tries to justify why he should be the one to battle Kyoya. "It's simple! He's the team leader of Wildfang, isn't that right? Then I, the number one Blader in the world should be his opponent!"
Gingka then proceeds to stand up, shutting down Masamune's hopes. "I'm sorry Masamune, but there's no debate here." The Battle Bladers champion says. "I am Kyoya's opponent and that's final!" Everyone saw the serious expression on Gingka's face as he said that last sentence.
"Why?!" Masamune argues back. "It makes no sense at all!"
This is when Kenta steps In, making a good argument and taking Gingka's side. "Yes it does Masamune! Isn't it obvious, Kyoya turned down a spot on Japan's team just so he could get the chance to battle with Gingka."
Madoka then chimes in supporting Kenta's claims as well. "He worked through an unbelievably difficult selection process just to get here."
Even Tsubasa, who was standing quietly in the corner saw Masamune's arguments as a waste of time. "There is only one of us that can battle Kyoya's anger and destructive power, and that person is Gingka."
"Seriously, give your head a shake Masamune." Yu adds.
"Chill, you're all ganging up on me." Masamune says as if he were a spoiled little kid.
"I'm sorry Masamune." Gingka continues. "This is just the one thing i will not give up."
Masamune stands down, realizing that Gingka will not be giving up his chance to battle Kyoya. "Ugh fine, you win."
"Thank you Masamune." Gingka says.
As Madoka was scrolling through her laptop, she receives an email from WBBA Director Ryo Hagane. She reads it and the materials it contains shocked her dearly. "Guys look at this!"
This all draws eyes on Madoka. "Gingka's dad just sent me an email stating that soon GanGan Galaxy and Wildfang will have a press conference to discuss the upcoming third round matchup!"
This shocks all of GanGan Galaxy and Kenta. This came as a huge surprise to them.
"Is Kyoya gonna be there?" Gingka asks.
Madoka checks her email to confirm this. "Yes! Gingka your dad confirmed that all of Wildfang will be there and that we should get down there as soon as possible."
"Well then what are we waiting for?" Kenta asks. "Let's go!"
Gingka and all of GanGan Galaxy alongside Kenta leave, prepared for a press conference with Wildfang, they did not know what this would mean for their upcoming showdown.
Gingka on the other hand was ready to throw down, with The King Of Beasts...
At the Konzern Family's personal estate lies three familiar European Union Bladers.
Sophie, Wales and Julian Konzern...
They were all training and working hard to prepare for their next matchup during The World Championships. There weren't any breaks for any of the three.
Julian was rock climbing with one hand tied behind his back to up the difficulty of the exercise while Wales was currently on what was his seventy fifth pull-up.
Sophie was currently running full speed on one of Julian's expensive treadmills with the personalized Excalibur logo on it. This was helping her increase her stamina to levels that were never seen before. The girl of Excalibur was currently in her thoughts about a few things. One of them being Gingka, the other regarding herself and Excalibur.
"Do you think we went a little overboard at the festival?" Sophie asks her Excalibur comrades.
Julian stops rock climbing to answer her question. "Nonsense Sophie, we're bladers, just like them, they came looking for a fight and we granted them that and a humiliating defeat." Julian said, referring back to their face-off with GanGan Galaxy at the Festival Of Warriors.
"Konzern's right." Wales added. "Japan thugs showed up, we simply showed them that Excalibur doesn't mess around with nobodies."
Sophie still wasn't convinced by this. "I don't know, I say we should've just let them in the first place, they are some nice people, I know that first hand, and after all Julian, you did say Excalibur needs to practice to stay sharp in the game, am I right?"
"I did say that Sophie." Julian goes on. "I don't understand this odd behavior from you Sophie? Why are you so attached to Gingka's little group of thugs from Japan?"
Wales and Julian eyed their teammate with obvious suspicion and curiosity. Wales on the other hand knew exactly why his friend was acting like this, but out of respect for her, refused to say anything.
"I know exactly what this is about." Wales notes mentally. "As long as Sophie can keep it under control for Excalibur's sake, I won't say anything about it."
"It's nothing." Sophie replies. "I'm just saying we could be a little more open in our personalities."
"Nonsense." Julian states. "We're perfect the way we are, because of our no nonsense attitude, we were able to get stronger and dominate the EU Union. The Konzern name lived on for so long because of our attitude to excel at anything and everything Sophie."
Wales adds on. "We'll take the World Championships and make Excalibur the greatest team in all of BeyBlade history!"
Sophie after seemingly getting away with her true feelings being exposed simply smiles. "You two are always so dramatic." She goes on. "France, Italy and England will rise to the top thanks to Excalibur!" She pulls out her White Cetus, certifying her point.
As Excalibur are now done with their Bey training for the time being, they take a break and discuss matters amongst themselves. As they are doing this, one of Konzern's loyal butlers and servants comes to great the trio.
He had some very urgent BeyBlade news that he felt the young heir to the Konzern family and his Excalibur teammates should know.
"Master Konzern." The elder butler says with urgency In his voice.
"What is it?" Julian replies. "Is this important that Excalibur's private training is being disturbed?"
"Yes young Konzern." The elder butler states before bowing. "I have some important news regarding the current world of BeyBlade. There will be a very important worldwide press conference between Japan's Team GanGan Galaxy and Africa's Team Wildfang. This is taking the BeyBlade world by storm and it's the talk of the globe currently, what shall you do?"
Sophie's eyes widen upon hearing that GanGan Galaxy would be involved within a press conference, Wales on the other hand seemed to care less.
"Oh, it's the disgraceful thugs who crashed our festival." Wales said.
"That means Gingka and GanGan Galaxy will be live in a few short moments." Sophie thinks to herself. "We should watch it, we'll get to know more about both Galaxy and Wildfang." Sophie says.
"Why should we? We already beat them and sent them packing shamefully." Wales said, not worrying about GanGan Galaxy due to them embarrassing them at the Festival Of Warriors a while back. "And I've heard tales regarding the leader of Wildfang, I don't know what anyone finds special about him, his recklessness will just get him eliminated from the tournament."
Julian takes little time to think about it and makes a decision for the entire team. "We'll watch their press conference."
"Julian?" Both Wales and Sophie say at the same time.
"That is correct." Julian says before continuing his point. "We shouldn't take GanGan Galaxy lightly, I realized not to long after our meeting with them at the festival, something tells me we'll be dealing with them again in due time."
"I see." Wales says, starting to agree with his leader.
"Konzern does have a point Wales." Sophie continues her earlier statement. "If we're being honest with ourselves, Japan's team fought valiantly." Sophie added, revealing previous hidden thoughts without rising suspicion.
The three Excalibur members all proceed to head upstairs to watch GanGan Galaxy and Wildfang's press conference...
Later, Konzern, Wales and Sophie are back in their traditional attires. The trio are preparing to watch the press conference between Wildfang and GanGan Galaxy.
"Pay attention you two." Julian states. "Anything they say here can possibly be used in the future."
Sophie and Wales nod their heads in agreement as the television turns on and shows the live coverage of the press conference...
Team GanGan Galaxy and Team Wildfang press conference:
As cameras flashed and snapped photos of the eight strong Bladers on opposite sides, Blader DH stood front and center hyping the press conference.
"Yo how's it going?!" Blader DJ says with full excitement in his voice. "We will now begin the public and worldwide broadcasted press conference for the upcoming battle between Team GanGan Galaxy and Team Wildfang."
"I'm a mystery man!" Masked Bull randomly shots, confusing any viewers watching at home, not knowing who he was talking to.
Blader DJ talks. "Okay, before mystery man here explodes, are there any questions out there for Team Wildfang?"
One random reporter raises his hand and asks his question. "Uhhh, Kyoya?" All cameras flash and aim towards Kyoya's direction. "Is it true that you refused a spot as one of Japan's representatives and joined the team from the country of Savannah just for a chance to battle Gingka."
Kyoya, whom has his head pointed downwards quickly answered this in Kyoya like fashion. "That is not important at all."
"Huh?" The reporter says. "But.-"
Kyoya cuts him off. He stands up and makes a firm statement. "Just grab a ticket and come watch us battle!"
Excalibur look on at this as their eyes don't leave the television. "Hmph." Wales says as he smiles. "I like the attitude of this Kyoya guy." Wales and Excalibur continue to watch on.
Team GanGan Galaxy and Team Wildfang press conference:
Kyoya continues to make his statement by looking at Gingka. "Gingka?! You better be ready, cause me and Leon are coming to smash you into the pavement once and for all!"
The cameras are now flashing and panning in the direction of a now fired up Gingka. "No problem Kyoya! I was born ready!" The fired up Battle Bladers champion fires back.
"Um, so is it on?" A random reporter asks.
Blader DJ chimes in and gives the obvious statement that everyone was looking for. "Yes it is on folks! Gingka Vs Kyoya is going down! The ultimate showdown between two iconic Japanese Bladers is a go! You heard it from them first! Get the news out to your viewers, readers, kids, dogs, cats and canaries! Tell your ancestors from the past for crying out loud!"
Cameras are flashing and snapping at the team leaders of GanGan Galaxy and Wildfang. The press were acting so wild, it's as if Kyoya and Gingka were the only two members on their team.
Blader DJ speaks once more. "The showdown we've been dreaming of is now a reality and Benkei is balling his eyes out like a Baby Bull!"
Masked Bull, whom was crying tears of joy for Kyoya quickly stops as pictures are being taken by more reporters. "Benkei?! I don't know any Benkei! I am Masked Bull!"
Blader DJ ignores Masked Bull's/Benkei's ranting to continue hyping the epic rematch between Gingka and Kyoya. "ALL THAT MATTERS IS THAT THE CLASH BETWEEN THESE TWO GREAT RIVALS IS FOR SURE TO BE A FAMOUS BATTLE THAT GOES DOWN IN HISTORY!"
Sophie, whom was still watching this alongside Julian and Wales now learned a little more about Gingka and GanGan Galaxy. "So it looks like Gingka and that Kyoya fellow have some history."
"It appears so." Julian says in a sophisticated manner.
Team GanGan Galaxy and Team Wildfang press conference:
Blader DJ's last statement was the final straw for fellow GanGan Galaxy member Masamune Kadoya. "Who does he think he is saying this battle will go down in BeyBlade history?!" Masamune jumps out of his seat to an awestruck room of reporters and viewers worldwide.
"Huh?" Blade DJ asks, very confused.
"Listen up pal!" Masamune states angrily. "If it's a famous battle you want, your forgetting to mention the name of one very important person here!"
Blader DJ was still obviously confused. "Anddddd, who would that be?"
"Me Me!" Masamune states. "I don't have a choice now, so Gingka can take the battle with Kyoya! But I will show you an awesome battle too! Do you hear me?! I the number one Blader in the world, Masamune will make Gingka and Kyoya's battle look like a kid playing with marbles! My opponent will be Nile!"
The room of reporters are shocked and desperately continue to take pictures of Masamune, whom was now pointing at the calm and collective Nile, who was paying little attention to the ranting Japan representative.
"Nile I challenge you to a battle!" Masamune challenges Nile, whom all eyes were now on.
Nile remained un-phased by Masamune's ranting. He finally gives Masamune his full attention. "You sure make a lot of noise for a little guy."
"Who are you calling little?!" Masamune yells. "I'm big enough for you!"
This is followed by Nile pointing his Vulcan Horuseus in the boy's face. As the Bey is in his hands, the Egyptian boy stands up. "I don't think so. So we will just teach you what a Bey Battle really means. Take a good look at Vulcan Horuseus."
Masamune follows this with a confident smile. "HA! Big whoop! I think I'm going to teach you something!" Masamune pulls out his Ray Striker. "Something about me and my Striker's amazing and incredible strength!"
Masamune and Nile glare aggressively at each other while the cameras flashed and raged on around them. Gingka and Kyoya were still standing and intensely staring at each other as well.
Blader DJ now begins to hype up the obvious impending matchup for later on. "Woah! Now we have another amazing matchup between Masamune and Nile! These two are bound to smash into each other like two uncontrollable freight trains!"
Blader DJ makes another statement. "ALRIGHTY FOLKS! TOMORROW'S GONNA BE AWESOME! HOW CAN ANYONE SLEEP TONIGHT?! JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR THE EPIC AND JAW DROPPING BATTLES OF THE THIRD ROUND! FIRST UP WE'LL HAVE NEWFOUND RIVALS! IT'LL BE MASAMUNE VS NILE! THE NEXT MATCH BETWEEN THESE TWO BLADERS NEED NO SPECIAL OR FLASHY INTRODUCTIONS! IT'LL BE G-G-G-G-GINGKAAAAA VS KYOYAAAAA! YOU'D BE A FOOL TO MISS THESE TWO JAW DROPPING MATCHES! TUNE IN TOMORROW FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS!"
Excalibur are now finished watching GanGan Galaxy and Wildfang's press conference. They all began to share their thoughts on tomorrow's battle.
Wales spoke up first. "I like the attitude of Wildfang. Those guys are true warriors. The attitude of that Masamune kid will just make Japan's team go down the same humiliating road as they did at the Festival Of Warriors. You'd think the Japan Nobodies would've learned their lesson after what we did to them."
"Now now Wales." Sophie says. "Give them the benefit of the doubt. Tomorrow's battle between Africa and Japan will truly show the difference between the festival and and then."
As Wales and Sophie continue to discuss this amongst each other, Julian sits there thinking, after giving a little more thought into the situation he speaks his mind. "Sophie's right Wales...as I've stated earlier, GanGan Galaxy aren't opponents that are to be taken lightly, neither are Africa's team. Both of these teams are opponents that Excalibur will have worthy fights with down the line. Until then, we'll keep training and perfecting our skills until then."
Julian gets up and walks away to continue his training now that he's got more insight on Excalibur's two possible rivals for the future.
Wales soon follows after this and heads in the same direction that Julian had went in.
Sophie didn't immediately follow her two comrades. She made one final Mental note In her head before going back to her training as well. "Don't let me and Excalibur down Gingka...we'll be waiting for you." She then smiles. "I'll be waiting for you too..."
After making her final mental note, Sophie goes off to follow the rest of Excalibur, training for serious battles in the future...
